The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his ...

Key events in the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis and died on Monday:Dec. 17, 1936: Jorge Mario ...

As the Catholic world mourns the Pope, Catholic leaders look ahead to the conclave, the process by which Catholic Cardinals ...

Francis died just over a month after his 12th anniversary as pope. He had the ninth longest papacy of the past 200 years.

Harvard University has ordered those on its Cambridge, Massachusetts, campus to shelter in place after MBTA Transit police ...

A trade deal between India and the U.S. could significantly enhance economic ties between the two countries and potentially ...

Pope Francis made good on his dedication to the less fortunate -- washing the feet of prisoners, embracing the marginalized and often rising in an open-air car instead of the bullet-proof popemobile ...

The nondenominational service was conducted by a U.S. Navy chaplain with limited seating available on a first-come, ...

The Massachusetts State Police are searching for a missing boy after they fell into the Merrimack River near the Tsongas ...

Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor, has died Monday. He was 88.

The suspect was a long-standing member of a sheriff’s office youth advisory council and was steeped in the family-like ...

Police are investigating after a woman reported an attempted abduction of her children at a playground in Stoughton, ...