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

“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 ...

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 ...

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." ...

(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 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 ...

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 ...

When Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio was elected in 2013 as Pope Francis, he was a near total Vatican outsider. He had never been a Vatican official, instead spending decades in local ministry.

Before the white robes, the Vatican balcony waves, and the global headlines, Jorge Mario Bergoglio was just "Father Jorge," a serious young Jesuit priest walking the streets of San Miguel, Argentina.

At the time, Pope Francis was known as Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio. The above photograph is authentic. However, it was taken in 2008, not 1998, and showed a young Francis, who was then known as ...

Jorge Mario Bergoglio’s name has etched itself into history. At 76, he was elected as the 266th Pope, adopting the name Francis for his papacy. Since then, he became known globally, and his ...