Pope Francis appears on the central lodge of St. Peter’s Basilica to bestow the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for to the city and to ...

Pope Francis died April 21, 2025, at the age of 88. Born in 1936 as Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Pope ...

Pope Francis, remembered as a beacon of hope and advocate for human dignity, died at age 88. Erie Catholic Bishop Lawrence Persico and other local Catholics mourned the pope's passing and reflected on ...

Born Dec. 17, 1936, in Buenos Aires, Jorge Mario Bergoglio was the eldest of five children of Italian immigrants.

US President Barack Obama, left, meets with Pope Francis at the Vatican - Thursday 27 March 2014. ...

Francis emerged into the crowd at St. Peter's Square on Easter Sunday in his popemobile. The Vatican announced on Easter Monday that he died.

During his groundbreaking papacy, Pope Francis inspired the masses as he challenged the traditions and standards of the ...

See young photos of Pope Francis and follow his journey from priesthood in Argentina all the way to papacy in Vatican City, ...

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A lot of attention has been focused on St Francis of Assisi after Cardinal Bergoglio took the name of Francis upon his election as Pope. As well we should, because St. Francis taught his followers to ...

ASSISI, Italy (AP ... in a church dedicated to a key moment in the life of medieval hometown saint, St. Francis. Acutis’ body was exhumed during the more-than-decade-long canonization ...