“Brothers and sisters, Happy Easter,” he said from the same loggia where Jorge Mario Bergoglio was introduced to the world on March 13, 2013 as the 266th pope.Francis also made a surprise ride ...

Into the soutane-black of a cool March 2013 Rome night, he emerged onto the world stage clad in simple white robes, a shaft of light beaming from the loggia of St Peter’s Basilica.

Shortly afterwards he appears on the loggia of St Peter's Basilica. The senior cardinal deacon, currently Renato Raffaele Martino, will then pronounce the famous phrase in Latin: "Habemus Papam!" ...

Though his voice was weak, he blessed a crowd of faithful from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica. “Brothers and sisters, Happy Easter,” he said from the same loggia where Jorge Mario ...

Pope Francis relished dramatic moments, and this turned out to be his curtain call: an Easter Sunday crowd filling a sunny St. Peter’s Square, eyes on the loggia. And the chant: “Papa ...

But though his voice was weak, he blessed a crowd of faithful from the loggia of St. Peter's Basilica. "Brothers and sisters, Happy Easter," he said from the same loggia where Jorge Mario ...

He blessed a crowd of faithful from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica. “Brothers and sisters, Happy Easter,” he said from the same loggia where Jorge Mario Bergoglio was introduced to the ...