Guillermo Marco, spokesman for the pope when he was Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, told Reuters it had been a "wasted opportunity" for Argentina. Francis, he said, had a "tango soul ...

A plaque outside his former home, 531 Membrillar Street, now proudly announces: “Pope Francis lived here.” Like many South American kids, Bergoglio played soccer with friends around his ...

Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Pope Francis made history as the first pontiff from Latin America and, more broadly, from the Global South. His election to the papacy has ...

ROME — Cardinal Luis Pascual Dri, the Argentine priest whom Pope Francis held up as the model confessor, has died in Buenos ...

A worshiper waves the flag of Argentina as Pope Francis arrives for the weekly general audience on June 5, 2019, at St. Peter's Square in the Vatican. Vincenzo Pinto/AFP/Getty Images CNN — ...

FILE - A man walks past a mural of Pope Francis at the stadium of San Lorenzo, his soccer team, in the Padre Ricciardelli neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Feb. 25, 2025.