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 ...

Pope Francis wears a plaster and has a bruised, black left eye and a cut on his eyebrow as he talks to journalists during a ...

P ope Francis, the reform-minded Roman Catholic leader who guided the church through an era of crisis, died Monday, April 21, ...

The first pope from the Americas, whose drive to modernize the Catholic Church divided opinion, has died in Rome aged 88.

Pope Francis, who died on Monday, called for " a church for the poor ," a church that would reach out to what he called the ...

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 ...

Considered dogmatic as a young priest, the Argentinian Jesuit emerged during his papacy as an advocate of mercy, humility, ...

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, the 266th Bishop of Rome and Sovereign of the Vatican City, has died. Bells tolled in church towers across Rome ...