Despite the controversies, Pope Francis remained committed to the poor and marginalised, living a life of service and ...

Born Dec. 17, 1936, in Buenos Aires, Jorge Mario Bergoglio was the eldest of five children of Italian immigrants.

Before he became Pope Francis, he was Jorge Mario Bergoglio. Born in Argentina to the son of Italian immigrants, he would ...

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 five children to ...

Pope Francis, the 266th Bishop of Rome and Sovereign of the Vatican City, has died on Easter Monday. Bells tolled in church ...

Argentinian Jesuit Jorge Mario Bergoglio was a serious contender for the papacy at the conclave that elected Joseph Ratzinger ...

Pope Francis was history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor ...

Pope Francis, the first Latin-American pontiff, renowned for his outspoken advocacy for the poor and insistence on a more ...

Pope Francis has died at the age of 88. Today bell towers are ringing across Rome as the Vatican confirmed the passing of a ...