Pontiffs have been players in global affairs for hundreds of years. Pope Francis carved out his own form of global influence.

Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in 1936 in Buenos Aires to Italian immigrant parents, is dead at 88 after a ...

Pontiff had on Easter Sunday called for immediate ceasefire in Gaza, release of remaining Israeli hostages and aid for ...

President Trump spoke on Tuesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss the Gaza ceasefire and hostage ...

In the weeks that follow the passing of a pontiff, the city of Rome, and the Vatican in particular, comes alive with ...

Attorneys filed a lawsuit on behalf of Mohammed Hoque, 20, says he was arrested while he was on his way home from class, and ...

The Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, on Tuesday hailed Pope Francis's support for Gazans and ...

For months, the pontiff spoke by telephone almost every night with people sheltering in a Catholic church in the battered ...

Vermont Senator Peter Welch met Monday with detained Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi, a green card holder from Palestine who ...

Israel’s military has killed more Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip. Al Jazeera reports Israeli attacks have killed at ...

Florida GOP Rep. Byron Donalds got heated at a "town hall" event this week in Estero about the Trump administration's effort ...

Welch was able to visit Mahdawi at the Northwest State Correctional Facility in St. Albans, where they discussed his message to friends and supporters.