Yahoo News looks back on the legacy of Pope Francis — born as Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1936 — ...

Pope Francis died Monday, history's first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for ...

In 1984, Pope John Paul II met in Rome with 300,000 young people from all over the world in a meeting that laid the foundations for today’s World Youth Day. (photo: Gregorini Demetrio ...

Despite the two decades since his death, John Paul still has a great deal to teach us about human dignity, God’s boundless ...

Pope Francis, who rose from janitor to the Catholic Church’s most powerful leader by proving equally at ease with ...

Since attending World Youth Day for the first time as pope in 2013, Pope Francis encouraged young people to invite God into ...

to search for the Fountain of Youth. In 1792 ... brought on by the Trump administration's tariff plan. World News // 10 hours ago Pope Francis makes Easter appearance, pens global peace message ...

Francis even changed the church’s stance on the death penalty, calling it “inadmissible.”Still, the pope’s legacy took a hit amid the Catholic Church’s sexual abuse scandal when he discredited Chilean ...

In 1979, John Paul II was already planning his first trip as pope to the United States ... preaching, world travels, his World Youth Day initiative and publishing the Catechism of the Catholic ...

The first Latin American and Jesuit pope was determined to lead a more welcoming, pastoral and merciful Church outward to a ...