Arriving at a perilous time for the Vatican, Pope Francis paints himself as one of the good guys in his book Hope ...

Pope Francis had a nasty fall, resulting in a contusion to his right forearm. The Vatican has just announced this in a press ...

Pope Francis' autobiography is being released Tuesday. In it, an introspective pope divulges some of the behind-the-scenes ...

"Each time a pope takes ill, the winds of a conclave always feel as if they are blowing," Francis writes in his new memoir, ...

Pope Francis was born in 1936, and grew up in Buenos Aires, in the barrio of Flores, a simple neighbourhood. After spells ...

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 ...

2013 – Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio is elected Pope Francis. Fact: Pope Francis is the first non-European Pope in 1,300 years. 2016 – Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy. ‘Doors of Mercy’ are opened across the ...

Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Argentina, Francis is the first Jesuit pope in papal history. O'Donnell interviewed him at Casa Santa Marta, the Vatican guest house where he has lived since his ...

And also, to suggest, "Please, stop. Negotiate." Prayer has been at the center of the pope's life since he was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Argentina, in 1936, into a family of Italian immigrants.