More than 250,000 people paid their respects to the pontiff at his funeral in front of St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican said ...

Whatever Father Bergoglio might have been in the 1970s, Pope Francis was not. He spent half a century defending the oppressed, repressed and distressed. He also fought against crises that ...

In the poor Zavaleta district of Buenos Aires, amidst precarious houses and narrow alleys, Marina Ayala walks the same ...

Pope Francis' passion for soccer was evident throughout his pontificate. But Francis, who died Monday at 88, also turned to ...

The news of Pope Francis' passing on Easter Monday April 21 has sent ripples of grief and gratitude throughout the world, ...

Detailed laws and rituals, some dating back to the Middle Ages, govern the transfer of power from one Pope to the next.

A Shepherd for the Poor and Humble Beginnings Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in 1936 to Italian-immigrant parents in Argentina, Pope Francis’s life has been marked by simplicity and solidarity with the ...

World leaders are paying tribute with the Taoiseach saying Francis’s papacy was marked by a commitment to ‘compassion, peace, ...

The connection between one of the most transcendent figures of our time and his native country was marked by the ...

Not long ago, Pope Francis, like so many public figures, released an autobiography. “Hope” told the story of a leader who set ...

Pope Francis was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio on December 17, 1936, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The first member of his family ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Key events in the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis and died on Monday: Dec. 17, 1936: Jorge Mario Bergoglio is born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the eldest of ...