Oscar Crespo was watching TV in his native Buenos Aires when he saw the white smoke appearing above the Sistine Chapel at the ...

At the school in Buenos Aires where he started his religious journey at the young age of five, the nuns remember the boy who would ...

Jorge Mario Bergoglio, born in Buenos Aires, never set foot in his homeland after becoming Pope Francis in 2013. That left many of the faithful in Argentina feeling puzzled and snubbed by the world’s ...

Vatican insiders and interlocutors said the pontiff wanted to avoid getting swept up in the polarizing politics that ...

Argentina-born Pope Francis, who died on Monday, is being honoured at his local hometown soccer club in Buenos Aires, San ...

Jorge Mario Bergoglio, born in Buenos Aires, never set foot in his homeland after becoming Pope Francis in 2013.

Pope Francis’ passion for soccer was evident throughout his pontificate. A lifelong supporter of Argentine club San Lorenzo, ...

Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Francis loved soccer and tango, once worked as a bar doorman and was known to shun the pomp of ...

The faithful in Pope Francis’ hometown lit candles in the church where he found God as a teenager, packed the cathedral where ...

- Priest Agustin Lopez leads a Mass for the health of Pope Francis at Rosario church in the Carlos Mugica neighborhood of ...

Pope Francis was often called the “pope of the poor.” Inspired by the Jesuit vision of poverty and the movement of priests working in shantytowns, he regularly visited some of the most deprived areas ...

Over the past two years, biologists estimate the capybara population has tripled to nearly 1,000 in this gated community in Argentina.