The Pope recounts how his mother initially opposed his vocation but later sought his blessing at his ordination ...

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio during a visit to Barracas settlement in Buenos Aires, Argentina There ... And all of them wanted to confess. It was a magnificent celebration.

It’s the backstory that is so fascinating. As he recounts in Hope, as Jorge Mario Bergoglio, he was born in 1936 in Argentina, the child of a large migrant Italian family, who grew up with a ...

The book, which was six years in the making, vividly recreates Francis’ childhood in Buenos Aires but offers few new insights into his papacy. By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Rome “I ...

ROME – “I like punctuality. It’s a virtue I have learnt to appreciate,” Pope Francis writes in the fifth chapter of his autobiography, to be published on Jan 14 in 18 languages, adding ...

Francis, previously known as Jorge Bergoglio, uses the new book to tell the story of his youth in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he grew up in a large family and was passionate about football and the ...

In his citation for Francis, who was born as Jorge Bergoglio in Argentina, Biden lauded the religious leader's life of service to "the voiceless and vulnerable across Argentina" and his lifetime ...

The book recounts Francis' life growing up in Argentina—he was born Jorge Bergoglio in Buenos Aires—his career as a bishop in his home country and some of his decisions as leader of the ...

FILE - Argentina's Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio giving a mass outside the San Cayetano church in Buenos Aires, Aug. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File) ...

(AP video by Paolo Lucariello) Argentina’s Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio giving a mass outside the San Cayetano church in Buenos Aires, Aug. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File) Pope Francis leaves ...

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 ...

Argentine Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio has been elected pope, the first ever from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium. He chose the name Pope Francis. After announcing ...