Pope Francis

Nienstedt was one of the first U.S. bishops known to have been forced from office for botching sex abuse investigations.

FATIMA, Portugal (AP) -- Pope Francis added two Portuguese shepherd children to the roster of Catholic saints Saturday, honoring young siblings whose reported visions of the Virgin Mary 100 years ago turned the Portuguese farm town of Fatima into one of the world's most important Catholic shrines.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will meet with his first foreign leader as president on Friday: British Prime Minister Theresa May.

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Francis declared Mother Teresa a saint on Sunday, praising the tiny nun for having taken in society's most unwanted and for having shamed world leaders for the "crimes of poverty they themselves created."

UNDATED (AP) — Christians around the world are celebrating Easter with Pope Francis leading services in bright sunshine at the Vatican before a packed St. Peters Square.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has signed off on the miracle needed to make Mother Teresa a saint, giving the nun who cared for the poorest of the poor one of the Catholic Church's highest honors just two decades after her death.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pope Francis is on his way back to the Vatican after a 10-day trip to Cuba and the United States.

NEW YORK (AP) — Pope Francis has arrived in Philadelphia, the last stop on his three-city U.S. tour.

Details on Pope Francis's first visit to America.

Washington, D.C. (KROC-AM News) - Rochester Mayor Ardell Brede was among the thousands of people on the South Lawn of the White House this morning for the official welcoming of Pope Francis to the U.S.

Rochester, MN  (KROC AM News) - Rochester Mayor Ardell Brede headed out to Washington. D.C. Tuesday morning for his recently announced visit to the White House.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Singer Aretha Franklin will perform for Pope Francis during an outdoor festival in Philadelphia on the next-to-last night of his U.S. tour this month.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican will shelter two families of refugees who are "fleeing death" from war or hunger, Pope Francis announced Sunday as he called on Catholic parishes, convents and monasteries across Europe to do the same.

Rochester, MN (KROC AM News) - Rochester Mayor Ardell Brede says he is “puzzled and honored” by an invitation from the White House.