After five ballots and just over a day, the 115 cardinal electors have selected Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio as the new successor to the Apostle Peter and head of the Catholic Church. He will assume ...

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio. Pope Francis. new pope elected. Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio Of Buenos Aires, has been elected to be the 266th pope of the Catholic Church, taking the name Pope ...

Jorge Mario Bergoglio, an Argentinean Jesuit who is the first in his order and the first from Latin America to hold the see of Peter, has been elected the 266th bishop of Rome and leader of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pope Francis, celebrated as a humble yet forceful pontiff, died on April 21 leaving behind a rich legacy of inclusion and activism ...

Pope Francis, the charismatic and conciliatory Argentine who moved to liberalize the Catholic Church, dramatically reorienting the papacy’s posture toward homosexuality and modestly expanding the role ...

Pope Francis, the first Jesuit and Latin American pope, died on Monday at the age of 88. His passing marks the end of a transformative papacy that redefined the tone and priorities of the Roman ...