The pontiff will be laid to rest after a Mass in front of St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City. The first Jesuit and first ...

Ernesto Borges Perez, a former Cuban counterintelligence officer, is out of prison after serving 27 years in Havana.

As the first Latin American pontiff, the legacy of Pope Francis in the region is complex, according to analysts consulted by ...

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Catholics and others in secular Cuba have been paying tribute to Pope Francis, praising in particular his efforts to ...

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Cuba thaw and inked a deal with China on bishop appointments. His calls for peace and to fight climate change were not always ...

During his 12-year pontificate, Francis took important, even historical, ecumenical initiatives. In 2016, he became the first ...

The leader of the world’s 1 billion Roman Catholics addressed past scandals and embraced migrants, the poor and gay and ...

COMMENTARY As the first pope from Latin America, Francis will be lauded for urging compassion for the region's immigrants — ...

Pope Francis speaks to the faithful at the end of a mass in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Sunday, April 6, 2025, part of the jubilee of the sick and the health workers. (AP Photo/Andrew ...

Pope Francis — the first pontiff from the Americas, who clashed with traditional Catholics but was hailed as a reformer by progressives — died on Monday, a day after Easter, at age 88. The pope had ...