Jorge Mario Bergoglio

Although there are many more women in the Vatican than in previous papacies, Bergoglio did not introduce any changes to official doctrine

The group of transgender women who met the late pontiff on a number of occasions mourn his loss and hope that the Church will continue to welcome them as he did

The prelate and deputy secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the highest authority in the pursuit of pedophiles within the Church, believes that the next pope will not be able to ignore victims’ cry for justice

Meet all the cardinals: find out who appointed them, which dioceses they come from, and their chances of succeeding Pope Francis

The death of Pope Francis has brought the documentary series ‘Pope: The Most Powerful Man in History’ back into the spotlight. One of its episodes addresses the controversial figure of Benedict IX

His first encyclical, in 2015, helped launch the Paris Agreement. In 2023, he updated it to scold countries for not weaning themselves off fossil fuels

Francis’ foreign policy put him at odds with Trump, brought him closer to China, alienated Israel, and was one of complex balances in Ukraine

For a long time, a sector of the Church directed and financed from the US attempted to depose the Vatican leader in order to impose its own identity-based ideology

Jorge Mario Bergoglio has been interviewed by filmmakers such as Wim Wenders and Gianfranco Rosi, and has been played by Jonathan Pryce, Darío Grandinetti and Rodrigo de la Serna

The Pope acted with energy, humanity and measures to combat the scandal, but the bishops and the Vatican machinery did not always follow his lead and resisted in many countries, such as Spain

Francis’ positions on immigration, history, the economy, and the environment, and his refusal to place the Church at the service of cultural wars, made him enemies on the right

The Catholic Church fears the impact of disinformation campaigns on an election that will feature the largest number of cardinals in its history

The pontiff died a day after his final public appearance, coinciding with Easter Sunday when he delivered the ‘Urbi et Orbi’ blessing from the main balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica

Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the Argentine pontiff who initiated a historic process of reforms in the Church in 2013, also unleashed an unprecedented war with the ultraconservative sector of the Catholic world

The pontiff will be buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, not in the Vatican, and changes in regulations will speed up both the funeral and the meeting of the cardinals to choose a successor

Questions and answers about the Pope’s situation remain one month into his hospital stay and given the precedent of Benedict XVI standing down

Doctors had to perform aspirations due to a ‘significant accumulation of endobronchial mucus and consequent bronchospasm’ and the pontiff is again on mechanical ventilation. ‘The prognosis remains guarded,’ the Vatican stated

Monday’s bulletin on the pontiff showed positive signs: no more asthma attacks have been recorded, some tests have improved, and kidney failure ‘is not a cause for concern’

In a rare statement, the Pontiff urges Catholics in the United States to reject ‘narratives that discriminate against and cause unnecessary suffering to our migrant and refugee brothers and sisters’

Edward Berger’s movie ‘Conclave’ delves into the complex deliberations surrounding the election of a pontiff in a murky and politically charged environment

The 87-year-old Pontiff was taken to a Roman hospital on Wednesday for diagnostic testing after having to cancel some public audiences

Street artist Maupal designed a series of posters to illustrate Francis’ 2024 Lenten message that will be released weekly over the course of this season leading up to Easter

During his Epiphany Day Mass, Francis also warned against basking in some elegant religious theory’ instead of finding God in the faces of the poor

The conviction is one of several verdicts handed down in a complicated financial trial that aired the city state’s dirty laundry and tested its justice system

Prime Minister Meloni’s administration wants to evict Spin Time — the largest community center in the country — from its location. The organization shelters 450 vulnerable people and functions as a branch of Rome’s social services

The pontiff will also reduce the American prelate’s salary. Burke is the visible head of the internal opposition to Francis, financed by the Trumpist sector of the church