Pope Francis was the first pope to visit Iraq, a historic event still remembered by Chaldeans in metro Detroit who mourned ...

The death of Pope Francis has sent shockwaves through Iraq's Christian community, where his presence once brought hope after ...

“He saved us,” Nader told ACI Prensa, CNA’s Spanish-language news partner, after having experienced the terrible living ...

How did Pope Francis view Islam and Muslim peoples during his time as pope? What is the position of the Islamic world toward ...

Follow the Pope's funeral here The successor to Pope Francis should continue his work of promoting interfaith dialogue, ...

Greek Orthodox Patriarch John X of Antioch described Pope Francis as a bearer of a lofty Christian mission, noting that his ...

Pope Francis always placed the Gospel of mercy at the center, repeatedly emphasizing that God never tires of forgiving us. He ...

The dean of the College of Cardinals, Giovanni Re, offered the homily during Pope Francis' funeral. Here are the words he ...

In a 2024 meeting with Syro-Malabar Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil of Ernakulam-Angamaly, Pope Francis summed up his view ...

(Two attempted attacks on Pope Francis, including one by a suicide bomber, were foiled during a trip to Iraq in 2021, he wrote in his 2025 autobiography. Pope John Paul II survived an ...

Francis’ 47 apostolic journeys brought him to 68 countries, Vatican News reported Monday — and those journeys included a number of papal firsts. His visits galvanized the often small Christian ...

Francis, who shunned much of the pomp and privilege of the papacy during his 12-year reign, was buried at the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome.