Pope Francis has died at age 88. The Vatican says the cause of death was a stroke that put him into a coma and led to heart ...

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

Pope Francis, who sought to be a bridge maker as he led the Catholic Church in a time of deep polarization, died at 7:35 a.m.

An order by Malaysia’s education ministry requiring pupils to wear a patch of the country’s flag stitched on their uniforms has been questioned by some as unnecessary, with parents and ...