Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, has died aged 88 He died of stroke and subsequent ...

Though Pope Francis never returned to Argentina after becoming the head of the Roman Catholic Church, mourners in his ...

Pope Francis appears on the central lodge of St. Peter’s Basilica to bestow the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for to the city and the ...

People stand next to a photograph of Pope Francis placed at Saint Anthony Catholic church in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, April ...

Pope Francis, who rose from janitor to the Catholic Church’s most powerful leader by proving equally at ease with ...

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

Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Pope Francis, was first elected as the 266th pope on March 13, 2013, becoming the first Latin American ...

Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate ...

Bells tolled in churches in his native Argentina as news spread around the world after the announcement that Pope Francis had ...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Bells tolled in churches in his native Argentina as news spread around the world after the ...

Elias Fernandez, accompanied by his son Juan, pulls the cart he uses to collect recyclables to sell, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) 31,066 people played ...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Deep inside the dumpsters of Buenos Aires, Elías Fernández, 27, sifts through for a living. A construction worker who lost his job in November and now sleeps ...