Pope Francis died Monday at the age of 88, the Vatican announced. Here are some frontrunners to replace him. By The Associated Press • Published April 21, 2025 • Updated on April 21, 2025 at 6 ...

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VATICAN CITY, March 14, 2013— -- There was not a "dry eye in the house" at the Sistine Chapel the moment when former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as the next pope, with the 115 ...

Jorge Mario Bergoglio was a 50-1 betting long shot to be elected pope in 2013, when the former Argentine cardinal beat the odds and took the name Pope Francis. Bettors are banking on another long ...

1.Pope Francis was riding in style everywhere he went. ... seeing what mode of transportation would get the pope from one event to the next was almost as fun as seeing the man himself.

Pope Francis will be discharged from the hospital on Sunday and return to his residence at the Vatican, his doctors announced at a press conference Saturday. The pope has been in the hospital for ...

Pope Francis meets with former Cuban President Fidel Castro at Castro's resident in Havana, Sept. 20, 2015. Cuban Foreign Ministry — -- Photos captured the intimate, historic meeting between ...

Pope Francis shakes hands with Sheik Ahmed al-Tayeb, grand imam of Egypt's Al-Azhar Mosque and University, during a document signing at an interreligious meeting at the Founder's Memorial in Abu ...

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