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 ...

We must tell this truth," Francis said while receiving the Scalabrinians in audience. The pope, whose birth name is Jorge ...

However, the real-life selection of the current Pope was the subject of the Academy Award-nominated drama The Two Popes. The ...

A prominent Italian theologian and archbishop has called Pope Francis’ new encyclical ... “It is the truth on which Jorge Mario Bergoglio has staked his whole life and continues to spend ...

In many ways, the turbulence, shifts and swings of the Jesuits is also illustrative of Francis’s life. In the early 1970s, as Jorge Mario Bergoglio (later Pope Francis) was rising through the ...

“For some of his more fringe critics, Francis is the Antichrist, sundering the church from within, playing with dogma, more pap and mush than rigorous orthodoxy, playing to his fans, weakening his ...

who will retire later this year after succeeding Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio when the latter became Pope Francis in 2013. Fernández shall not be seeking reelection and thus will complete his ...

The diocesan tribunal will conclude its inquiry into the life, virtues, and holiness of Father Pedro Arrupe, SJ, with a ceremony on Nov. 14 in Rome.

In the first footnote of the encyclical ‘Dilexit nos,’ Pope Francis reveals he drew inspiration for the first chapter from ...

Relations between the Vatican and Father Gutiérrez thawed somewhat after his fellow Latin American, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, became Pope. Father Gutiérrez praised Pope Francis for speaking about ...

Pope Francis leaving Melsbroek Air Base at ... who resumed his role after 36 hours... Unsurprisingly, Jorge Mario Bergoglio's remarks sparked the fury of the Centre d'Action Laïque (Center ...

‘We must do something’: Pope offers Vatican refuge to Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s former leader, has been detained by the military since it overthrew her ...