Guillermo Marco, spokesman for the pope when he was Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, told Reuters it had been a "wasted opportunity" for Argentina. Francis, he said, had a "tango soul ...

On March 13, 2013, Oscar Crespo was watching TV in his native Buenos Aires when he saw the white smoke appearing above the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican: a new pope was elected.

Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Pope Francis made history as the first pontiff from Latin America and, more broadly, from the Global South. His election to the papacy has ...

A worshiper waves the flag of Argentina as Pope Francis arrives for the weekly general audience on June 5, 2019, at St. Peter's Square in the Vatican.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Pope Francis' passion for soccer was evident throughout his pontificate.

ROME — Cardinal Luis Pascual Dri, the Argentine priest whom Pope Francis held up as the model confessor, has died in Buenos Aires at age 98, the Vatican said Wednesday. Dri, a Capuchin friar, died ...

After more than a decade without its most famous vacationer, the quiet town of Castel Gandolfo once again counts the pope ...

Pope Leo XIV’s hometown is poised to acquire his childhood home. Board members in suburban Dolton outside Chicago voted ...

After 12 years of sitting unused without its holidaymaker during the papacy of the late Pope Francis, who preferred to take time off in the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV has now revived this 16th-century ...

In his very first sermon as pontiff, Pope Leo XIV told the cardinals who elected him that anyone who exercises authority in ...

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.

By Claudia Rebaza (CNN) — On March 13, 2013, Oscar Crespo was watching TV in his native Buenos Aires when he saw the white smoke appearing above the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican: a new pope was ...