Born Dec. 17, 1936, in Buenos Aires, Jorge Mario Bergoglio was the eldest of five children of Italian immigrants.

The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his ...

A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.” It implies the sacred ...

The death of a pope starts a centuries-old ritual involving sacred oaths by the cardinals electing a successor, the piercing ...

Tributes to Pope Francis instantly poured in from around the world from presidents to people of all walks of like on Monday ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism ...

As Big Tech kicks off its quarterly earnings season this week, the industry’s bellwether companies have been thrust into a ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The canonization of the first millennial saint, Carlo Acutis, has been postponed due to the death Monday of Pope Francis, the Vatican announced. Acutis was to be canonized next ...

Emergency crews from San Diego responded to a reported crash between two vehicles in La Jolla near the ocean on Sunday ...

Draymond Green easily boiled down the key to Golden State’s victory over the Houston Rockets in Game 1 of the first-round ...

Mark Carney’s political career is only months old, and it’s already been a roller-coaster ride. The former central banker ...