Pope Francis died Monday, leaving behind a legacy as "Pope of the People" and a change agent within the Catholic Church. Austen Ivereigh's The Great Reformer was published just a year into Pope ...

Pope Francis was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio on Dec. 17, 1936 in Buenos Aires. His father was a railway worker who immigrated to Argentina from Italy, and his mother was a housewife of Italian origin.

Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio on December 17, 1936, was raised in a family of an Italian railroad worker in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Pope Francis, like all Catholic priests, vowed to celibacy and thus was not married or had children. Here's what we know about his family. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ Funniest cap ...

Francis became the 266th occupant of the papacy, which dates back to St. Peter, the disciple of Jesus Christ, who is considered the first pope. The Vatican's biography of Francis names him “the ...

Pope Francis biography, key facts, life in Latin America and background. By Associated Press 03/13/2013 03:47 PM EDT. VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis is the first ever from the Americas, an austere ...

Francis awoke around 6 a.m. Monday appearing “reasonably well,’’ sources told Pique, who wrote a 2014 biography on Il Papa called, “Pope Francis: Life and Revolution: A Biography of Jorge ...

Pope Francis, like all Catholic priests, vowed to celibacy and thus was not married or had children. Here's what we know about his family.

Francis’s unlikely biography was itself part of the appeal. Born in Argentina in 1936, he was the first pope from the Global South, elected by the conclave at a time when the heart of ...

As the world mourns Pope Francis, who died April 21 at age 88 of a stroke and cardiac arrest, the Catholic Church is fulfilling a series of centuries-old rites – and preparing for the selection ...

Pope Francis died Monday, leaving behind a legacy as "Pope of the People" and a change agent within the Catholic Church. Austen Ivereigh's The Great Reformer was published just a year into Pope ...