The Pope recounts how his mother initially opposed his vocation but later sought his blessing at his ordination ...

Pope Francis was born in 1936, and grew up in Buenos Aires, in the barrio of Flores, a simple neighbourhood. After spells working in a sock factory, Francis became a Jesuit novice in 1958 ...

Image A photo from an elementary school in Buenos Aires shows Jorge Mario Bergoglio, later Pope Francis, bottom right.Credit...Florencia Martin/Picture Alliance, via Getty Images Francis is no ...

Hope is the mainstay that undergirds Pope Francis’ entire life,” said Carlo Musso, the Italian editor of Pope Francis’ ...

Constantly in the public eye, Pope Francis is instantly recognisable across the globe ... I learned about the second one at ...

In a Sunday television interview, Pope Francis emphasized that hope and forgiveness are at the root of the 2025 Jubilee.

An introspective Pope Francis has divulged some of the behind-the-scenes dynamics of the secret 2013 conclave that elected ...

Pope Francis is the 266th Roman Pontiff of the Catholic Church. Formerly Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, Argentina, he was elected by the conclave of cardinals on March 13 ...

The pope is a noted fan of soccer, or football as he — and most of the world — calls it. He has a particular affinity for San Lorenzo, the club in his Buenos Aires neighborhood. But tragedy struck ...

Discover Pope Francis' hopes for the future in his autobiography, 'Hope: The Autobiography,' released on Jan. 14.

Vatican Diary.In his latest autobiography, Hope, the Argentine pope describes his passion for a romantic, familial, and ...

FILE - Argentina's Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio giving a mass outside the San Cayetano church in Buenos Aires, Aug. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File) ROME (AP) — An introspective Pope Francis ...