A little more than an hour later, his identity was announced: 76-year-old Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, Argentina. He comes from a region of the world with 483 million Catholics ...

Former Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone shares memories of some of Cardinal Bergoglio’s talks at pre-conclave meetings. Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, then archbishop of Buenos Aires ...

At the time, Pope Francis was known as Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio. The above photograph is authentic. However, it was taken in 2008, not 1998, and showed a young Francis, who was then known as ...

Not a “maintenance guy” that merely oversees the status quo, Cardinal Bergoglio is expected to teach the Church how to be missionary again. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience ...

Jorge Cardinal Bergoglio, a humble Argentine Jesuit, was elected Wednesday the new leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics — and promptly took the name of the church’s most venerated ...

The problem was that Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio had already been named pope. This conclave is going to be crucial for deciding the future direction of the Roman Catholic Church, and the field of ...

In choosing the name of Francis as his first act, Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina sends the world a powerful message that the new pope will be a man of action and compassion as he takes the ...

We spoke with Cardinal Wuerl earlier Wednesday and asked what it was like to be in that room. CARDINAL WUERL: It was a very exciting time. We had chosen, for the first time the history of the ...

had tried to talk up Bergoglio in the 2005 conclave, but failed to get their man through after Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger’s momentum grew and Bergoglio bowed out. In 2013, with many too old to ...

At the time, Pope Francis was known as Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio. As news of the death of Pope Francis on April 21, 2025, spread worldwide, many remembered his younger years when he was a ...