Born Dec. 17, 1936, in Buenos Aires, Jorge Mario Bergoglio was the eldest of five children of Italian immigrants.

Christians are celebrating Holy Week with processions and reenactments in places like Jerusalem, Brazil, Nigeria, India, ...

Throughout this Easter season, Our Lord invites us to close our hearts to fear and open them to the joy of his Resurrection.

Celebrating his first Easter Vigil as the new archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Robert W. McElroy said that Jesus, through ...

Source: Freepik (Pinterest) I make my vigil with You this night, dear Lord. I love You, help me to love You with all my heart. Jesus, I trust in You. Allow me, dear Lord, to spend this night in ...

Photos of the drug busts showed Coast Guard officers boarding suspected drug smuggling vessels, including a narco-sub, to arrest suspects and seize the illegal narcotics on board. Ships ...

For your loving death, we will console you, O Lord. Let us pray: O Jesus! divine savior, from whose heart comes forth this bitter complaint, "I looked for one that would comfort me, and I found ...

And having had Jesus ... Lord. Between the two of them they take down the body of Jesus and place it in the arms of his most holy mother. Mary's grief is renewed. * Where has thy Beloved gone, o ...

The risen Saviour, our Lord of life, shines upon you! Let all God's people sing and shout for joy. It is right and good that with hearts and minds and voices we should praise you, Father almighty, the ...

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Jesus is a Newsweek reporter based in New York. Originally from Bogotá, Colombia, his focus is reporting on politics, current affairs and trending news. He has covered current affairs, healthcare ...