Catholics from across Argentina have flocked to churches to pray for the recovery of native son Pope Francis, the first Latin American pope in history.

While it only took a handful of months for Argentinians to erect the 221-foot Obelisco de Buenos Aires, which was built in 1936 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the city's founding ...

open image in gallery A photo of Francis is projected onto the Obelisco de Buenos Aires as he battles pneumonia in hospital (AP) Guillermo Marco, former spokesperson for the pope when he was ...

Many buildings in Buenos Aires, Argentina, are lit up, including the famous Obelisco, which features an ... The massive Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro is illuminated in orange ...

Those were the words projected onto Buenos Aires’ most iconic monument, the Obelisco, over the weekend as Catholics from across Argentina flocked to churches to pray for the recovery of Pope ...

Those were the words projected onto Buenos Aires’ most iconic monument, the Obelisco, over the weekend ... Among them was Catholic priest Lorenzo de Vedia, who said Francis was the “pope ...