Pope Francis is the first ever from the Americas, an austere Jesuit intellectual who modernized Argentina's conservative Catholic church.

Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio elected new pope, FrancisWhite smoke emerges from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. The white ...

Argentine Jorge Bergoglio has been elected pope, the first ever from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium. He chose the name Pope Francis.

Pope Francis speaks from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, who chose the name of Francis, is the 266th pontiff of the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina was elected pope Wednesday, becoming the first pontiff from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium. He chose ...

Argentine Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio becomes Pope FrancisFrancis, who will be officially installed in a Mass on Tuesday, is a pope of firsts — the first pope from the Americas, the first Jesuit ...

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 ve… ...

Jorge Bergoglio was born in Argentina’s capital, Buenos Aires, on December 17, 1936. The son of Italian immigrants, Mario and Regina, he was the eldest of five siblings.

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

Jorge Bergoglio was born in Argentina’s capital, Buenos Aires, on December 17, 1936. The son of Italian immigrants, Mario and Regina, he was the eldest of five siblings.

"Conclave" is on everyone's mind after the death of Pope Francis. Netflix, however, actually has a movie about the late pontiff with "The Two Popes." ...

Argentine Jorge Bergoglio has been elected pope, the first ever from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium. He chose the name Pope Francis.