In the poor Zabaleta district of Buenos Aires, amidst precarious houses and narrow alleys, María Ayala walks the same streets ...

Maria Bambina Sr. Susana Vanni says Argentina's divisions, then Pope Francis' health, likely tilted against the longed-for ...

Little did Sr. Oliva Maria from Co Cavan know that the baby Jorge Mario would grow up to be Pope Francis, the leader of the ...

Pope Francis — the first pontiff from the Americas, who clashed with traditional Catholics but was hailed as a reformer by progressives — died on Monday, a day after Easter, at age 88. The pope had ...

Sr Oliva Maria was sent to Argentina in 1923 where she worked with the poor, including health and maternity care ...

The pope's death comes one day after Francis, 88, greeted Easter Sunday crowds in his popemobile. He had battled a ...

Pope Francis brought a breath of fresh air into a 2,000-year-old institution that had seen its influence wane during the ...

Amid the extreme political polarization in his home country, the Pope found himself at odds with nearly every President.

Pope Francis died Monday at age 88. The Vatican said Francis suffered a stroke which led to a coma and his heart to fail, as ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and ...