"He is a popular figure who made a certain symbolic rupture, by stripping away absolutely everything material." ...

Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina was elected pope Wednesday, becoming the first pontiff from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium. He chose the name ...

The pope was a young priest during his nation's "Dirty War." Journalist Alma Guillermoprieto talks with NPR's Scott Simon about Francis' controversial history and her article "Francis's Holy War." ...

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentina's President Javier Milei held his first official audience with Pope Leo at the Vatican on Saturday where he confirmed that the pontiff will visit the South ...

Francis's call, issued at the 2013 World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro shortly after he became pope, struck a deep chord among a group of Argentine clerics dubbed the "curas villeros" or "slum priests." ...

Under Wednesday’s vote, abortion will be legalized in Pope Francis' homeland up to the 14th week of pregnancy, and also will be legal after that time in cases of rape or danger to the mother’s ...

Francis kept Ouellet in the job until 2023, even though he was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI, and thus helped select the more doctrinaire bishops preferred by the German pontiff.

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Pope Francis answers letters from children around the world. — -- In his newly released book, Pope Francis answers letters from children around the world, helping them with their everyday ...

BUENOS AIRES — Argentina's President Javier Milei held his first official audience with Pope Leo on Saturday at the Vatican, where he confirmed the pontiff will visit the South American ...