A long-time retreat for the head of the Catholic Church, the hilltop region of Castelli Romani is much more than a papal playground ...

From priest to pope—will his missionary past define him as the leader of 1.4 billion Catholics, or will Pope Leo become ...

Argentine prosecutors named Mgr Mariano Fazio, the auxiliary vicar of Opus Dei, as a defendant in a prominent case involving ...

The Argentine justice system has added the auxiliary vicar of Opus Dei as a defendant in a case involving the alleged human ...

Prevost’s return to Chicago also turned out to be something of a stopover, because in 2014, Francis, whom Prevost had met when the late Pontiff was still Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos ...

Not being a believer myself, I take only a limited interest in the doings of priests, imams and rabbis, but I did stumble into a situation involving the late Pope Francis at a crucial point in his ...

Here’s an explainer on the pre-conclave meetings where Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, or Pope Francis, delivered a rousing speech in 2013 ...

Before the white robes, the Vatican balcony waves, and the global headlines, Jorge Mario Bergoglio was just "Father Jorge," a serious young Jesuit priest walking the streets of San Miguel ...

Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina on December 17, 1936, was the eldest of five children of Mario José Bergoglio and Regina María Sívori.

Before becoming Pope Francis, who died on Monday 21 April 2025 at the age of 88, Jorge Bergoglio had a very different life and was possibly also in love.

We have witnessed how in many ways the former Jorge Bergoglio surprised the world with his selection —and election—to the Chair of St. Peter.

José Ignacio Bergoglio tells the BBC of the special relationship he had with his uncle who became Pope Francis.