Francis did create a sex abuse commission early on to advise the church on best practices and placed a trusted official, ...

Pope Francis suffered a heartbreak in his youth. Following this, he decided to pursue a path of priesthood and eventually ...

The leader of the world’s 1 billion Roman Catholics addressed past scandals and embraced migrants, the poor and gay and lesbian faithful. Some wished he’d gone further.

Here are some important dates in the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis in 2013 and died on Monday.

Pope Francis, the 266th pontiff in the Roman Catholic Church, died at 88 years old after a stroke led to heart failure, ...

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

His followers saw him as symbolizing the church's open arms. His critics saw him as bending timeless church doctrines.

At least 80 percent of surveyed U.S. Catholics expressed a favorable opinion of Francis in 10 of 15 polls conducted by the Pew Research Center between 2013, when he became pope, and February 9, 2025.

The first pope from the Americas was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Dec. 17, 1936. He was chosen ...

Four top-flight soccer matches in Italy were postponed after the death of Pope Francis and the Buenos Aires club that the ...

AI researchers call these yes-man antics "sycophancy," which means (like the non-AI meaning of the word) flattering users by telling them what they want to hear. Although since AI models lack ...

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