Pope Francis discussed in a Jan. 30 audience with seminarians and formators how his mother put up quite a bit of resistance ...

Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the Argentinian cardinal who was elected pope and will take the name Francis, is said to have a good relationship with Argentinian Jews. (JTA) – Jorge Mario Bergoglio ...

Arriving at a perilous time for the Vatican, Pope Francis paints himself as one of the good guys in his book Hope ...

In its quieter and more personal moments, the book offers an intimate picture and perspective of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the ...

However, it is in the quieter and more personal moments that an intimate picture of the personality and perspective of Jorge ...

The pope, whose birth name is Jorge Mario Bergoglio as he is descended from Italian immigrants to Argentina, defined migrants as "teachers of hope." He said: "I am the son of migrants, and at home ...

who will retire later this year after succeeding Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio when the latter became Pope Francis in 2013. Fernández shall not be seeking reelection and thus will complete his ...

Who is Jorge Mario Bergoglio? Francis told us in his first interview after being elected Pope: “I am a sinner,” he said. “This the most accurate definition. It is not a figure of speech.” ...

It’s the backstory that is so fascinating. As he recounts in Hope, as Jorge Mario Bergoglio, he was born in 1936 in Argentina, the child of a large migrant Italian family, who grew up with a ...

Since becoming pope in 2013, Francis (the former Jorge Mario Bergoglio) has been shaking up the management of one of the world’s largest bureaucracies: the Roman Catholic Church. That earned him ...

Pope Francis is the 266th Roman Pontiff of the Catholic Church. Formerly Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, Argentina, he was elected by the conclave of cardinals on March 13 ...

Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Pope Francis has held the position since 2013, taking over from his predecessor Pope Benedict XVI.