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

Drawing on Latin American theology that emphasizes collaboration, developed in response to continued struggles with ...

Most popes have come from Europe, even though there are countries in South and Central America, Asia, and Africa with ...

When Francis became the first Latin American pope in 2013, many hoped he would reverse the Roman Catholic Church’s decline in ...

Pope Francis, the Roman Catholic pontiff who advocated a more compassionate papacy and a less traditionalist approach than ...

News of death of Pope Francis moves many in Latin America; Personalities such as Lionel Messi and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ...

Upon his election to the papacy, Pope Francis became the first pontiff to hail from Latin America. His impact, though, ...

After decades of conservative leadership, Francis tried to reset the course of the Roman Catholic Church, emphasizing ...

Following the resignation of Benedict XVI, the March 2013 conclave elected Jorge Mario Bergoglio as the 266th Pope of the ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humility and concern for ...

As Catholics around the world mourn the death of Pope Francis, Bishop Peter Christensen of the Boise Diocese will be holding ...

Bells tolled in church towers across Rome after the announcement, which was read out by Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the Vatican ...