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

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta. Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected to lead the Catholic Church in March ...

See young photos of Pope Francis and follow his journey from priesthood in Argentina all the way to papacy in Vatican City, ...

Pope Francis, who has passed away aged 88 after battling respiratory infection, suffered a health crisis in his youth that ...

Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church, has died at the age of 88, following a long asthmatic respiratory crisis, ...

Sir Ed Davey, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, said: ‘Pope Francis’ passing is a profound loss to millions across the ...

What a great thirst for death, for killing we see in the many conflicts raging in different parts of the world." We will be ...

The life of Pope Francis, the first Latin American and first Jesuit to serve as the Roman Catholic Church’s pontiff, lasted ...

The hope Christians have is not a sign of avoiding reality but of trusting in the power of God to defeat sin and death as the ...

Faithful Christians around the world celebrated on Sunday the resurrection of Jesus Christ, from Vatican City where Pope ...

Pope Francis, the leader of the Catholic Church, has died aged 88 after a lengthy battle with double pneumonia.

Because Easter fell on the same day on the Julian and Gregorian calendars, meaning Catholic and Orthodox were celebrating on ...