In his native Argentina, Pope Francis is known as a big soccer fan. VATICAN CITY, March 18, 2013 — -- Pope Francis has made fans around the world after his first few days as the new leader of the ...

A top American cardinal celebrated a traditional Latin Mass on Saturday in St. Peter's Basilica with the explicit permission ...

ROME (AP) — Top-flight soccer matches in Italy and Argentina were postponed after the death of Pope Francis on Monday. The Buenos Aires club that the Argentine pontiff supported throughout his life ...

The government of Buenos Aires province in Argentina will distribute the 168-page book “The Teacher: The Humanism of Pope Francis” in public and private schools, an initiative that seeks to keep his ...

Pope Leo XIV has authorised a traditional mass to take place this weekend at the Vatican, lifting restrictions that angered ...

VATICAN CITY — Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina was elected pope Wednesday, becoming the first pontiff from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium. He chose the name ...

VATICAN CITY, ROME, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Pope Francis remembers soccer legend and fellow Argentine Diego Maradona with affection and is keeping him in his prayers, the Vatican said on Wednesday, and ...

UPDATE: (3:25 p.m.): Here he is. His first words to the faithful were: "It seems to me that my brothers and cardinals have chosen one who is from far away, but here I am." UPDATE (3:21 p.m.): ...

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (L) greets Argentine Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio at the Basilica of Lujan, December 22, 2008. Pope Francis, the former Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, ...

The Argentine Chamber of Deputies got into a little scuffle on Wednesday afternoon after Jorge Mario Bergoglio was named Pope Francis. Weird, right? You'd think they'd be celebrating. Depending on ...

Like many other older churchmen, politicians and businessmen in Argentina, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio has been questioned by some for his role during this country’s bloody 1976–83 military ...

A top American cardinal has celebrated a traditional Latin Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica with the explicit permission of Pope ...