Other Catholic leaders in the Ithaca area did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment. Pope Leo not only takes after the previous Roman Catholic Pope Francis, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, by ...

Bishop Robert Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, this week said the next pope should be a disciple of Christ first and foremost, one who places “the declaration of Jesus” at the center of ...

In this 2008 file photo, Argentina's Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, second from left, rides the subway in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Bergoglio, who became pope in 2013 and took the name Francis ...

"Our Holy Father, Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio on December 17, 1936, has reached the end of his earthly pilgrimage," Bishop Barron wrote in a statement shared with Fox News Digital.

Jorge Mario Bergoglio’s name has etched itself into history. At 76, he was elected as the 266th Pope, adopting the name Francis for his papacy. Since then, he became known globally, and his ...

It was shortly before Holy Week in 2013 when the relatively unknown Cardinal Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, was presented to the world as the new pope. It was extraordinary in ...

Pope Francis was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He joined the Jesuits as a novice in 1958, and was ordained a priest in the Catholic church in 1969. Later, he became the ...

Dec. 17, 1936: Jorge Mario Bergoglio is born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the eldest of five children to Mario Jose Bergoglio, an accountant from Italy, and Regina María Sívori, the daughter of ...

Before the 2013 conclave, then-Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio gave a speech during one of the congregation meetings that emphasized the church’s duty to come out of its comfortable shell to ...

Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, died on Monday at the age of 88 after a prolonged health battle. He was the first Latin American pontiff and served as the leader of the Roman Catholic ...

In March of 2013, Bishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina was elected pontiff at the age of 76. Pope Francis, Leader of Catholic Church (through interpreter): Thank you so much for your welcome.

The first pope from the Americas was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Dec. 17, 1936. He was chosen to lead the church on March 13, ...