The Diocese of Portland said it's hopeful Pope Leo can serve as a bridge between Americans and Catholics around the world and ...

Bishop James Ruggieri of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland says it's an "exciting" moment for the church that will help ...

The Vatican said Pope Francis died of a cerebral stroke that put him into a coma and led to irreversible heart failure.

John Paul I — the pope who reigned for 33 days in 1978 — was elected on the fourth ballot. His successor, John Paul II, needed eight. Francis was elected on the fifth in 2013. The longest conclave in ...

A New Hampshire man, who police say was involved in a deadly shooting in Portland's Morrill's Corner, has turned himself, according to the U.S. Marshals. Kristofer Haken of Londonderry, New Hampshire, ...