Born in 1936 in Buenos Aires, Pope Francis, whose name is Jorge Bergoglio, was the son of Italian immigrants. He was ordained ...

Analysis - The ambitious 40-year-old has taken the historically thankless job of US vice president by the scruff of the neck.

It comes a day after making a much hoped-for appearance at Saint Peter's Square on Easter Sunday, the Vatican says.

A senior analyst who says he was unjustifiably dismissed from the Reserve Bank after he made a protected disclosure to the ...