Pope Francis’ beloved soccer club in his native Buenos Aires, San Lorenzo, has celebrated a Mass dedicated to its most famous ...

VATICAN CITY -- Key events in the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis and died on Monday: Dec. 17, 1936: ...

Although he never visited Argentina, Francis returned to South America when he visited Brazil in the first months of his ...

Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Pope Francis made history as the first pontiff from Latin America and, more broadly, from the Global South. His election to the papacy has been a ...

Home country to the late Pope, Argentina is mourning the loss of Pope Francis, with the people of Buenos Aires, his hometown, gathering for a special mass to honor the former cardinal they once knew ...

Adamo Faiden’s new veterinary clinic in Buenos Aires is a testament to the growing consideration for non‑human creatures in ...

Distinct to Argentina, and emerging in the 1960s, the theology of the people shared liberation theology’s focus on social ...

The first pope from the Americas was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Dec. 17, 1936. He was chosen ...

born in Buenos Aires, never set foot in his homeland after becoming Pope Francis in 2013. That left many of the faithful in Argentina feeling puzzled and snubbed by the world’s first Latin ...

Jorge Bergoglio was born in Argentina’s capital, Buenos Aires, on December 17, 1936. The son of Italian immigrants, Mario and Regina, he was the eldest of five siblings. He spent his childhood ...