Francis, who came from a middle-class neighborhood in Buenos Aires, became known as the Jesuit priest who rode the city’s ...

As the first Latin American pontiff, the legacy of Pope Francis in the region is complex, according to analysts consulted by ...

Argentine Marcelo Bruno jumped into a car early on Thursday and set off on the long drive to Rome from Syracuse on the island ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — In the streets around the Vatican, where Pope Francis used to make impromptu outings, some of the shopkeepers are mourning the man they knew, not as the leader of a church or head ...

The pope had just bungled a big abuse case in Chile and I, like many in the Vatican press corps, reported the scandal during ...

The man who would become Pope Francis always bought his shoes in the same place. And now the remarkably ordinary footwear has ...

Maria Bambina Sr. Susana Vanni says Argentina's divisions, then Pope Francis' health, likely tilted against the longed-for ...

Pope Francis never set foot in his native Argentina during his papacy. That left many of the faithful in his homeland feeling ...

A nun from Co Cavan cared for the newborn Jorge Bergoglio, who would grow up to be the leader of the Catholic Church.

Little did Sr. Oliva Maria from Co Cavan know that the baby Jorge Mario would grow up to be Pope Francis, the leader of the ...

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit the Sea of Marmara near Istanbul on Wednesday, with its impact and that of multiple ...

A missionary nun from Co Cavan was among those who cared for Pope Francis in his earliest days in Argentina. The Bergoglio ...