Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the Argentinian cardinal who was elected pope and will take the name Francis, is said to have a good relationship with Argentinian Jews. (JTA) – Jorge Mario Bergoglio ...

COMMENTARY: The Holy Father’s recent nod to the late Jesuit Father Pedro Arrupe, the controversial Father General of his ...

Given that his own vocation came through an experience of God’s mercy, Pope Francis chose his motto, “Miserando atque ...

ASSOCIATED PRESS Argentina's Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio touches a baby after a 2011 Mass in Buenos Aires, Argentina. ASSOCIATED PRESS cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, right, gives the holy communion ...

And also, to suggest, "Please, stop. Negotiate." Prayer has been at the center of the pope's life since he was born Jorge ...

The then-Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio said in 2013 the Church is suffering from self-centeredness and “theological narcissism.” In his speech to the other cardinals ahead of the conclave ...

Many years ago Jorge Mario Bergoglio, then the archbishop of Buenos Aires, used to make frequent visits to Flores, the middle ...

Since becoming pope in 2013, Francis (the former Jorge Mario Bergoglio) has been shaking up the management of one of the world’s largest bureaucracies: the Roman Catholic Church. That earned him ...

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 ...

It promises to be a deciding, perhaps the deciding moment in the papacy of Jorge Mario Bergoglio – Pope Francis. Synodality in the Francis lexicon defines a new way of being an ecclesia – or ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — In a defiant social media post, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, an outspoken papal critic, announced ...

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 ...