Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Francis loved soccer and tango, once worked as a bar doorman and was known to shun the pomp of ...

The Argentina legend's comments about Mexico in a rare interview added spice to a rivalry that he says doesn't exist.

Francis never gave an explicit answer for not returning as pontiff to his native country, but some experts say he worried ...

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The legacy of Pope Francis, who famously exhorted young Catholics to "shake things up" by taking the gospel to "favelas, ...

There’s no shortage of wealth and tradition at the Vatican. But from the start, Pope Francis never seemed all that interested ...

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Francis, whose real name was Jorge Bergoglio, was the first Jesuit to lead the world’s almost 1.4 billion Catholics and the ...

A transformative figure in the Church and the first non-European pope in centuries, Francis died Monday after suffering a ...

Being a religious leader of over 1.4 billion Catholics globally, the Pope was not an ordinary mortal. As usual the world came to a standstill as people mourned his passing. From my neck of ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Here are some facts about Pope Francis, who has died at the age of 88.