"He is a popular figure who made a certain symbolic rupture, by stripping away absolutely everything material." ...

Pope Francis was the first from Latin America, rising to the highest seat of the church from his native Argentina in 2013 and was seen as a staunch defender of the poor. (AP Video: Victor R. Caivano) ...

Argentine cardinal Angel Rossi, one of the 133 now gathered at the Vatican to elect a new pope, told Reuters before the conclave that he hoped the next leader of the global Catholic Church ...

He has been archbishop of Congo's capital since 2018 and a cardinal since in 2019. Pope Francis also appointed him to a group of advisers that was helping reorganise the Vatican bureaucracy.

Pope Francis was often called the “pope of the poor.” Inspired by the Jesuit vision of poverty and the movement of priests working in shantytowns, he regularly visited some of the most ...

If he were elected, he would return an Italian to the papacy after three successive outsiders: St. John Paul II (Poland), Pope Benedict XVI (Germany) and Francis (Argentina).

The pope was a young priest during his nation's "Dirty War." Journalist Alma Guillermoprieto talks with NPR's Scott Simon about Francis' controversial history and her article "Francis's Holy War." ...

Childhood Favorites from Argentina Growing up in Flores, a working-class neighborhood in Buenos Aires, Pope Francis—born Jorge Mario Bergoglio—was, as he once joked, “a good Argentinian who ...

His predecessor loved Mozart but Pope Francis's passion was football. For him it was "the most beautiful game" and also a vehicle to educate and spread peace. From Argentine compatriots Lionel ...

"Francis was the Pope of our generation. He is the one we have known since we were born, that is why his death has caused a great shock among young people," explain the boys, who due to their age ...