Many aspects of Pope Francis’ remarkable program of ecclesial renewal weare prefigured in Hans Urs von Balthasar’s vision for ...

A true leader is one who serves. For those who seek to follow in the footsteps of Christ, this mandate is all the clearer, for the Gospel has Jesus saying that anyone who wants to be first must be the ...

In this 2008 file photo, Argentina's Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, second from left, rides the subway in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Bergoglio, who became pope in 2013 and took the name Francis ...

Jorge Mario Bergoglio, better known as Pope Francis, continued his path to faith when his wish to marry Amalia Damonte was not fulfilled. True to his word, Jorge Mario continued his spiritual journey.

Before he became the first Latin American to lead the Catholic Church, Pope Francis was Jorge Mario Bergoglio, born into a close-knit, middle-class household in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires.

Pope Francis was born as Jorge Mario Bergoglio on December 17, 1936, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was born to Mario José Bergoglio and Regina María Sívori and was the eldest of their five ...

The first pope from the Americas was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Dec. 17, 1936. He was chosen to lead the church on March 13, ...

Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio on Dec. 17, 1936, the future pope was the son of Italian immigrants and one of five siblings. His father was an accountant for the railway, his mother a homemaker.

Dec. 17, 1936: Jorge Mario Bergoglio is born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the eldest of five children to Mario Jose Bergoglio, an accountant from Italy, and Regina María Sívori, the daughter of ...

Born in Argentina in 1936, Jorge Mario Bergoglio took over the papacy in 2013 after Benedict XVI stood down.