In his newly released memoir, Hope, the story of the world that made Jorge Mario Bergoglio — and, by extension, the world leader we know as Pope Francis — is a story finally told in his own words. But ...

With the publication of this autobiography, Pope Francis cements his monumental project of demystifying the papacy.

The Pope recounts how his mother initially opposed his vocation but later sought his blessing at his ordination ...

IN October 1927, failure by a family of Italian emigrants to sell their belongings in time for their voyage to Argentina may ...

In its quieter and more personal moments, the book offers an intimate picture and perspective of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the ...

Pope Francis discussed in a ... just before his 33rd birthday, Jesuit Jorge Mario Bergoglio was ordained a priest by Archbishop Emeritus of Córdoba, Argentina, Ramón José Castellano.

Francis’ unswerving support for migrants, he writes, derives from his own background as the son of Italian immigrants to Argentina ... Aires shows Jorge Mario Bergoglio, later Pope Francis ...

Constantly in the public eye, Pope Francis is instantly recognisable across the globe, and his likeness adorns t-shirts, mugs ...

Pope Francis has picked ... of Buenos Aires after Cardinal Mario Aurelio Poli submitted his resignation due to his age. Poli succeeded Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio when he became Pope in 2013.

At the beginning of Pope Francis’s papacy his controversial predecessor handed him a large white box stuffed with confidential documents relating to the “most difficult and painful situations ...

Pope Francis was born ... they do nothing but pray!” Jorge Mario Bergoglio (far left) training in the schoolyard, Don Bosco School, Buenos Aires, Argentina Credit: Rex And then, almost at ...