Pope Francis will be mourned by the world Saturday — but only one of his relatives is expected to attend his funeral. Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the future pontiff was the oldest of five ...

Pope Francis, known for his humility and advocacy for society’s most vulnerable, leaves a lasting legacy in the Catholic Church.

A day after Cardinal Bergoglio became Pope Francis, on March 14, 2013, he called Piqué and asked her about the reaction in his native Argentina.

Pope Francis, first pope with cameo in feature film and subject of multiple documentaries, dies at 88 Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Pope Francis made history as the first pope since the eighth ...

See young photos of Pope Francis and follow his journey from priesthood in Argentina all the way to papacy in Vatican City, in the wake of his death on April 21, 2025.

Bergoglio was elected pope on March 13, 2013, following the surprise resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, who died in December 2022.

Bergoglio, who took the papal name Francis, was the first pope to originate from the Americas, a distinction in which he reveled in his very first speech, saying, “I come from the end of the ...

Yahoo News looks back on the legacy of Pope Francis — born as Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1936 — after he died on Monday at 88 years old.

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

(RNS) — When Argentine native Jorge Mario Bergoglio took office as Pope Francis in March of 2013, few expected he would have success as a global diplomat. As archbishop of Buenos Aires, he ...

WASHINGTON — With the news that Pope Francis has died, many are likely wondering how and who gets to choose the next head of the Catholic Church. Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, has been at ...

Upon Quarracino’s death in February 1998, Bergoglio became the metropolitan archbishop of Buenos Aires. Pope John Paul elevated him to the College of Cardinals in 2001.