He was the first Jesuit Pope, the first Latin American Pope and the first Pope to take the name Francis in honor of St.

"I guess he opened up the Church to a lot of things,” said Bishop John Noonan, and many people don’t realize the cardinals provided the pope with a mandate.

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Pope Francis has shown slight health improvements and continues to work while in convalescence, the Vatican said on Tuesday. Though the Holy Father’s clinical situation is “stationary,” the ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — Pope Francis has appointed a new Bishop of Providence, the Diocese of Providence announced on Tuesday. The Pope appointed Bruce Lewandowski as the tenth Bishop of ...

Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Bruce Alan Lewandowski as the tenth Bishop of Providence. The 57-year-old Bishop Lewandowski is a native of Toledo, Ohio and a member of the Redemptorists.

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Pope Francis made a surprise public appearance on Sunday, the first time the leader of the Catholic Church has been seen in public since leaving hospital two weeks ago. Francis greeted crowds at ...

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Pope Francis shared that he is experiencing “healing,” specifically “in my soul and my body,” as he reaches the eighth day of the minimum two-month period of rest and convalescence ...