Francis was elected on March 13, 2013 as the 266th pontiff — and the Catholic Church’s first Latin American pope.

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has marked the 12th anniversary of his pontificate in the hospital as he received increasingly positive medical news on his recovery and hundreds of messages wishing him well.

As Pope Francis emphasizes liturgical formation in what may be his final message on the subject, the church faces a crisis in ...

Collectives of families, who scour the country looking for their kin, discovered the camp about 40 miles west of Guadalajara ...