Jorge Mario Bergoglio, born in Buenos Aires, never set foot in his homeland after becoming Pope Francis in 2013. That left many of the faithful in Argentina feeling puzzled and snubbed by the world’s ...

Jorge Mario Bergoglio, born in Buenos Aires, never set foot in his homeland after becoming Pope Francis in 2013. That left ...

There are rules on who can become pope. It can be any Catholic male, but since 1378, it’s only been a cardinal who has been ...

Pope transformed the church’s senior leadership, exposing growing differences over teachings. “Once you start opening the ...

His papacy set many new precedents for the church, and his successor will be chosen from a group that he himself quietly ...

The April 21 death of Pope Francis triggered a period of mourning in the Catholic Church, but also kick-started the race for ...

During Francis’s papacy, evangelical Protestantism and secularism continued to remake Latin America’s religious geography, ...

Tributes to Pope Francis pour in from around the world with Vatican set to published details of funeral and conclave ...

Secularism and the rise of evangelical congregations threaten the Catholic Church’s dominance in the region.

The death of Pope Francis has sent shockwaves through Iraq’s Christian community, where his presence once brought hope after ...

Distinct to Argentina, and emerging in the 1960s, the theology of the people shared liberation theology’s focus on social ...