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

The Vatican said Francis died at 7:35 a.m. Monday. He had suffered from chronic lung disease and had part of one lung removed ...

VATICAN CITY — 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 ...

The leader of the world’s 1 billion Roman Catholics addressed past scandals and embraced migrants, the poor and gay and ...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — The faithful in Pope Francis’ hometown lit candles in the church where he found God as a teenager, ...

Born and raised in a middle-class suburb of Buenos Aires, Jorge Mario grew up ... him up as the man who would make a difference.. The climate changed for the Vatican with the new pontiff and ...

The first Latin American pope won admiration for his humility and commitment to social justice but faced criticism from conservatives over his views on capitalism and climate change.

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

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech ... Mario Bergoglio on 17 December 1936 in the Flores district of Buenos Aires, Argentina, the son of Italian immigrants.

On March 13, 2013, Francis succeeded Pope Benedict XVI, who was the first pope to retire in six centuries. Francis became the ...

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Later on Monday, the Vatican revealed that the pope’s cause of death was a stroke that led to a coma and an “irreversible ...