Here is the complete list of 266 Popes from the past to present. Most recently, Pope Francis led the Catholic Church from 2013 to 21 April 2025.

Barron noted “that’s Francis” as he recalled several of the pope’s personal styles such as his humor, his “personal simplicity” and his application of the Bible’s teachings.

Pope Francis is breaking with tradition when it comes to where he will be laid to rest – choosing a light-filled basilica ...

An autobiography is not our private story, but rather the baggage we carry with us,” Pope Francis said in his recollections, ...

Tributes to honor Pope Francis are ongoing around the world, and Rockhurst University students and the surrounding community ...

Jorge Mario Bergoglio became a pope of many firsts: the first modern pope from outside Europe, the first whose papal name ...

I received a video that announced Japan was considering changing to a four-day work week. Suspicious of such news in my cell ...

A reader was moved to learn Pope Francis made a daily call to the priest of a Catholic church in Gaza since the current ...

Pope Francis was the first pontiff elected from the Society of Jesus - also known as the Jesuits. Here are some essential facts about the Jesuits.

Jesuit Father Arturo Sosa, superior general of the Society of Jesus, reflected on the first Jesuit pope in a press conference ...

Despite the unresolved issues that many Catholics know are long overdue, Francis achieved far more for marginalized people ...

Pope Francis has chosen “Pilgrims of Hope” as the theme for this Jubilee Year 2025. His recently released autobiography, simply titled “Hope,” offers us an extraordinarily introspective view ...