The day of Pope Francis’ life-changing experience also happened to be the day the Church celebrates the feast of St. Matthew, ...

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

Pope Francis waves to the crowd from the ... ASSOCIATED PRESS Argentina's Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio touches a baby after a 2011 Mass in Buenos Aires, Argentina. ASSOCIATED PRESS cardinal ...

Michael W. Higgins is the Basilian Distinguished Fellow of Contemporary Catholic Thought at the University of Toronto’s St.

Here are some statistics about Pope Francis, 87, who is in the midst of a 33,000-km (20,500-mile) tour of four Southeast ...

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 ...

The former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina was elected pope on March 13, 2013. He is the 266th pontiff and the first from Latin America, as well as the first to take the name Francis.

The selection of Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina as new pope was a big surpise — on the final day his odds were as low as 33-1 on Paddy Power. But picking Bergoglio totally makes sense.

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, Argentina, has been elected the new pope and will now be known as Pope Francis. Bergoglio, 76, was "runner-up" last time the College of Cardinals ...

Pope Francis has a packed schedule while he is in Singapore. He arrived in Singapore from Dili, Timor-Leste at about 2.50pm ...

Pope Francis was enthusiastically welcomed on his visit to Indonesia. It was the simple journey of a religious leader and ...

Here are some statistics about Pope Francis, 87, who is in the midst of a 33,000-km (20,500-mile) tour of four Southeast ...