Key events in the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis and died on Monday: Dec. 17, 1936: Jorge Mario ...

VATICAN CITY — (AP) — Pope Francis, history's first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and ...

Pope Francis changed the face of the modern papacy more than any predecessor by shunning much of its pomp and privilege, but ...

The polarisation was fiercest in the United States, where conservative Catholicism often blended with well-financed ...

Pope Francis inherited a deeply divided Church after the resignation in 2013 of his predecessor, Benedict XVI.