Yahoo News looks back on the legacy of Pope Francis — born as Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1936 — ...

Pope Francis died Monday, history's first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for ...

Pope Benedict XVI was installed as the 265th pope of the Roman Catholic Church on April 24, 2005, becoming the first German ...

Before he became Pope Francis, he was Jorge Mario Bergoglio. Born in Argentina to the son of Italian immigrants, he would ...

The Pope, in a wheelchair, waved to cheering crowds in St Peter’s Square below. Image source, Tiziana Fabi/Getty Images A ...

Since the moment of his election in 2013, Pope Francis captivated the world not only with his simple style and familiar ...

Pope Francis, the first pope from the Americas, is remembered for challenging traditions of the Catholic church and advocating for social justice.

The images show Cardinal Kevin ... Queues are already forming in Saint Peter’s Square. When Pope Francis’s retired predecessor Pope Benedict XVI died on December 31, 2022, some 35,000 people ...

The Argentinian pontiff was a powerful progressive voice in world politics, the first Jesuit priest to be spiritual leader of ...

Francis' death set off the process of allowing the faithful to pay their final respects, first for Vatican officials in the ...

I was working for the Jesuit Refugee Service when I learned one of their number had been elected pope. I’d seen Jesuits in ...

P ope Francis, the reform-minded Roman Catholic leader who guided the church through an era of crisis, died Monday, April 21, ...