Known until Wednesday as Jorge Bergoglio, the 76-year-old is known as a humble man who denied himself the luxuries that previous Buenos Aires cardinals enjoyed.

VATICAN CITY -- From "the end of the earth," the Catholic Church found a surprising new leader Wednesday, a pioneer pope from Argentina who took the name Francis, a pastor rather than a manager to ...

Argentina's Jorge Bergoglio, elected Pope Francis I appears at the window of St Peter's Basilica's balcony after being elected the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church on March 13, 2013 at the ...

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 venerated ...

Updated: 6:50 p.m. ET VATICAN CITY (AP) — Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina was elected pope Wednesday, becoming the first pontiff from the Americas and the first… ...

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.

VATICAN CITY (CBSNewYork/AP)-- He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, is the son of Italian immigrants and on Wednesday, Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio became the leader of world's estimated 1.2 ...

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.

Profile: Bergoglio credited with modernizing Argentine church. Sun, 13 Apr 2025 09:25:35 GMT (1744536335646) Story Infinite Scroll - News3 v1.0.0 (common) ...

Born Dec. 17, 1936, in Buenos Aires, Jorge Mario Bergoglio was the eldest of five children of Italian immigrants. He credited his devout grandmother Rosa with teaching him how to pray. Weekends ...

After the death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday, "Conclave" is the first movie that comes to a lot of people's minds. But don't forget about the actual film about the late pontiff.. Directed by ...

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.