MercoPress6d
Pope Francis blesses massive dignity march in Buenos Aires against unemployment and recession
Buenos Aires Archbishop Mario Poli ... Argentines with the support of the Catholic Church and a message from Pope Francis, on Sunday turned an annual religious celebration into a massive rally ...
The New York Times24d
Pope Francis’ Autobiography, ‘Hope,’ Arrives in Bookstores
Image A photo from an elementary school in Buenos Aires shows Jorge Mario Bergoglio, later Pope Francis, bottom right.Credit...Florencia Martin/Picture Alliance, via Getty Images Francis is no ...
The Malta Independent12d
President meets Pope in private audience
President Myriam Spiteri Debono on Friday had a private audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican. During the meeting, the Pontiff spoke about his memories of the visit to Malta in 2022 and his ...
New York Post23d
Pope Benedict passed box of Vatican’s ‘most difficult and painful’ secrets over to Pope Francis: Book
Bergoglio was elected in 2013 as the first pope from Latin America. Francis, who was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires in 1936, is the first pope from Latin America. His latest book ...
The Daily Telegraph24d
My boyhood in the Buenos Aires barrio: Pope Francis autobiography extract
Pope Francis was born in 1936, and grew up in Buenos Aires, in the barrio of Flores, a simple neighbourhood. After spells working in a sock factory, Francis became a Jesuit novice in 1958 ...
The Independent22d
The Pope’s memoir goes quiet on the most important scandal to hit the church
open image in gallery Pope Francis, then archbishop of Buenos Aires, pictured in Vatican City (AFP/Getty) There are other more personal stories which are not fully explained either. After being ...
Where’s the Catholic church going? | Faith Matters
Our first Jesuit pope, Francis, resumed the reforms of the Second Vatican Council by challenging the church to go outside our ...
The Associated Press on MSN23d
Pope Francis is introspective and self-critical in his autobiography, at least about his youth
An introspective Pope Francis has divulged some of the behind-the-scenes dynamics of the secret 2013 conclave that elected him pope and the resistance he has encountered ever since, in his autobiograp ...
RNS on MSN1d
Pope Francis’ autobiography: A sustained, loving look at the real
With the publication of this autobiography, Pope Francis cements his monumental project of demystifying the papacy.
National Catholic Register4d
Pope Francis Shares With Seminarians That His Mom Did Not Want Him to Enter Seminary
The Pope recounts how his mother initially opposed his vocation but later sought his blessing at his ordination ...
Euronews22d
Pope Francis becomes first ever sitting pontiff to publish autobiography
Born as Jorge Bergoglio in Buenos Aires in 1936, Francis is the first ever South American to become Pope of the Catholic Church. After covering his provenance, he moves into the providence that ...
New York Post25d
Biden names Pope Francis as a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
A White House press release revealed that Pope Francis was named a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction by President Biden. Getty Images A native of Buenos Aires ...