Thus, all of today’s Dispatch Faith focuses on Francis’ legacy, what may come next for the Catholic Church, or both ... Pope Francis waves to a crowd in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City ...

When he was elevated to the papacy in 2013, Pope Francis was widely expected to shake up the Catholic Church, to liberals ... for Pope Francis at mass in St Peter’s Square on March 9, following ...

When Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected to lead the Catholic church in 2013, he chose the papal name Francis, after the 13th-century figure St. Francis of Assisi, known as the patron saint of ...

Pope Francis, the Catholic Church's 266th pontiff, was the first Jesuit to lead the church in its nearly 2,000-year history. More than 200,000 people gathered in St. Peter’s Square April 26 to ...

PROFESSOR REED SAYS THE LATE POPE FRANCIS WAS ... Who will lead the Church next? According to professor Charles Reid, a Catholic Church expert with the University of St. Thomas School of Law ...

Live from St ... most senior Catholic on the future of the churchLive from St Peter's Square in Rome: Pope Francis’ funeral and UK’s most senior Catholic on the future of the church ...

For years, traditionalists raged at Pope Francis’ liberal approach. The question now is whether his successor will walk the same path, or take the Catholic Church in a new direction. Cardinals ...

CATHOLIC Church sex abuse ... a day after Francis emerged from his residence in the Vatican's guesthouse to bless the thousands of people gathered in St. Peter's Square to celebrate Easter Sunday.

VATICAN CITY—As tens of thousands of Catholics waited in hourslong lines to pay their respects to Pope Francis in St. Peter’s ... What direction should the Catholic Church take under the ...