Many in the Jewish community felt that the Vatican, which had once pledged never to stand aside when Jews were threatened, ...

Pontiff had complex relationship with Jews and Israel; he denounced antisemitism and met hostages and their families, but ...

Francis, originally from Argentina, was the first Catholic pontiff from the Americas and began his career as a Jesuit priest ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Some takeaways about the life of Pope Francis, who died Monday: Background Jorge Mario ... with the performers of the living nativity scene of St. Mary Major, in the Pope ...

Scholars of Catholic-Jewish relations remember the pontiff's warmth, humility; late Church leader made important strides in ...

The pope’s funeral will begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday in front of St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican said. The funeral Mass ...

While the world mourns the passing of Pope Francis on April 21, the Catholic Church is preparing to choose a new leader.

Pugh’s first acting role was as Mary in the school Nativity, which she decided to ... we should have gone for someone with a theatre background.’” She remembers a table read when everyone ...

Pope Francis was the first pope from the Americas, the first Jesuit pontiff and the first to take the name of Francis, after ...

Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born Dec. 17, 1936, to Italian immigrants in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the eldest of five children. He was ordained a Jesuit priest in 1969 and led the religious order in ...