Pope Francis traveled around the world during his 12-year papacy, stopping in 68 countries with 47 Apostolic Visits but never returned to his native Argentina. Francis, the former archbishop of ...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Jorge Mario Bergoglio, born in Buenos Aires, never set foot in his homeland after becoming Pope Francis in 2013. That left many of the faithful in Argentina feeling ...

Cardinal Bergoglio left Argentina in 2013 for the conclave that chose him to succeed Benedict XVI. He never returned, in contrast to his two predecessors. Pope John Paul II, the first non-Italian ...

By Mathew Cohen In the early morning of April 21, Pope Francis, the Argentine pontiff who led the Catholic Church, died, thereby prompting an outpouring of reactions from his native country. Jorge ...

Over the course of the pope’s meal, Alba said they made small talk about Argentina’s then-recent loss to Germany in the 2014 World Cup. 8 Alba keeps a photo of Francis in front of his ...

Pope Francis traveled around the world during his 12-year papacy, stopping in 68 countries with 47 Apostolic Visits but never returned to his native Argentina. Francis, the former archbishop of ...

In this Aug. 7, 2009, photo, Pope Francis, then Argentina’s Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, celebrates Mass outside the San Cayetano church in Buenos Aires.

In this Aug. 7, 2009, photo, Pope Francis, then Argentina's Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, celebrates Mass outside the San Cayetano church in Buenos Aires. ((Natacha Pisarenko / Associated Press)) ...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Jorge Mario Bergoglio, born in Buenos Aires, never set foot in his homeland after becoming Pope Francis in 2013. That left many of the faithful in Argentina ...