“He’s like a dual passport holder, he’s the perfect pontiff for the present moment,” said Miles Pattenden, papal historian and lecturer at Oxford University. Prevost’s predecessor Pope Francis, née ...

Jorge Bergoglio was older also at the 2013 conclave ... "Cardinals no longer care what passport a candidate holds, but rather what spiritual, political and personal profile he embodies." ...

So many people thought holding a U.S. passport was an insuperable barrier ... But you have a hard time finding a photo of Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio smiling when he was archbishop in Buenos Aires.

Religious affairs expert Martin O’Brien reports from Rome on the prospects of the man chosen to lead the Catholic Church ...

Geography is largely dead as a voting issue; cardinals no longer care what passport a candidate ... it’s worth recalling that Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina had a reputation in ...

For example Pope Francis, who was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, chose Francis because ... he has another nationality by virtue of a Peruvian passport, having served in the South American country ...

The head Jesuit there was Fr. Jorge Bergoglio (much later Pope Francis), whom I did not meet. I stayed with two younger Jesuits who were working in one of the city’s poorest barrios and were ...

(RNS) — Jorge Bergoglio did better than expected on the first ballot and continued to gain votes on every ballot. He beat expectations and gained momentum. (RNS) — During presidential ...

The name alone often speaks volumes. In choosing to reign as Francis, first of that name, Jorge Bergoglio signaled clearly the style of his pontificate, which aspired to the simplicity of the ...

Here’s when coverage for Pope Leo’s papal inauguration is expected to start by U.S. time zones: Eastern Time: 3:00 a.m. Pacific Time: 12:00 a.m. (midnight) Alaska Time: 11:00 p.m. (Saturday, May 17) ...