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 Italian immigrants.

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis, whose time as head of the Catholic Church was noted for an everyman humility and outreach efforts to people of disparate backgrounds and faiths, has died at 88, the ...

Tributes to Pope Francis poured in on Monday, as presidents, prime ministers and other world leaders reacted to the news of his death.

For six days in September, 2015, Pope Francis made a historic visit to the United States, visiting some of the country's biggest cities and speaking to massive crowds of the faithful along the way.

Classes are set to resume on Monday at Florida State University following an on-campus mass shooting last week, but students have been afforded the option to skip them.

Pope Francis called for "a church for the poor," a church that would reach out to what he called the "peripheries." He called for a humble, more merciful and inclusive church, and repeatedly ...

The church officially recognizes St. Peter, the first pope, as the longest-serving, with at least 34 years. However, many ...

Pope Francis' death sets into motion a series of formalized rites and observances that occur during what is called the interregnum, which begins upon the pontiff's passing and ends with the election ...

El Papa Francisco, cuyo mandato al frente de la Iglesia católica se caracterizó por su humildad y por sus esfuerzos por acercarse a personas de orígenes y credos diversos, ha fallecido a los 88 años d ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth shared sensitive details about last month's airstrike in Yemen in a second Signal chat that included his wife and brother, sources told ABC News.

NORTH PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) - - There were multiple assaults reported at Temple University this weekend on Saturday and Sunday ...

DREXEL HILL, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- Community members in Drexel Hill gathered to celebrate new and old traditions of Easter. It took place at Incarnation Holy Sacrament Episcopal Church. They started ...