Born in Buenos Aires in 1936, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church died on Monday aged 88 ...

A lifelong supporter of Argentine club San Lorenzo, he agreed with those who describe soccer as the most beautiful game in the world. But Francis, who died Monday at 88, also turned to the sport for ...

In his landmark 2015 encyclical "Praised Be," Pope Francis cast care for the planet as an urgent and existential moral ...

The pontiff's funeral is scheduled to begin on Saturday, April 26, according to the Vatican. Francis' death on Monday came ...

Pope Francis, who passed away at the age of 88 in Rome on Monday, April 21, less than a day after delivering a brief Easter ...

His death was confirmed by the Vatican early Monday morning, April 22, 2025. He passed away at his residence in Santa Marta, ...

The world's 1.4 billion Catholics are now observing nine days of mourning for the leader who came from Buenos Aires, ...

A large crowd of mourners gathered in St Peter's Square at the Vatican to attend a rosary for Pope Francis, who died of a stroke and irreversible heart failure. From Italy to Mexico, similar scenes ...

The faithful in Pope Francis’ hometown lit candles in the church where he found God as a teenager, packed the cathedral where ...