Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, and who would become the first Latin American to rule the Catholic Church, was laid to rest Saturday at 1.30pm local time at Rome's ...

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While the pope's health struggles have left Carla Rabezzana uneasy, the lack of direct contact has also heightened her anxiety for her beloved cousin, who can "cheer you up with just a few words." ...

The disdain bordered on snobbery. A decade earlier, in 1973, in Argentina, when Jorge Mario Bergoglio became, at 36, the youngest provincial in the history of the Jesuits, he resisted any temptation ...

In 2013, Jorge Mario Bergoglio chose the name Francis to evoke St Francis’s famous closeness to the poor. By choosing a name no pope before him had used, he suggested a willingness to break with ...

Tragedy and hope vie for thematic supremacy in Philip Shenon's newest book, Jesus Wept: Seven Popes and the Battle for the Soul of the Catholic Church, a highly readable, character-driven ...