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

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

But there is no question that he is a longtime friend of Francis. In 2007, Francis — then Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio of Buenos ...

Associated Press Pope Benedict XVI shakes hands with archbishop of Buenos Aires, Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio during their 2007 meeting at the Vatican. ASSOCIATED PRESS Argentina's Cardinal Jorge ...

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

A week later, the conclave began that would elect Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina on March 13 — the first-ever supreme pontiff from South America. It turned out that Chavismo did not die ...

Since becoming pope, one Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio’s devotion to Our Lady, Undoer of the Knots has been popularized. Marge Fenelon, author of Our Lady, Undoer of Knots: A Living Novena ...

A U.S. priest recently called for Pope Francis to be killed and likened him to the devil, prompting a Christian organization ...

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 objective was to restore a wound, an offering - as Jorge Bergoglio said at the time - to a city that had not cried enough.

As archbishop of Buenos Aires (1998-2013), Jorge Bergoglio collaborated actively with Argentina’s Islamic Center, but as Pope Francis, he inherited rupture: Pope Benedict XVI inflamed the Muslim ...

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 ...