Francis made history as the first pope from the Society of Jesus (Jesuit Order), the Americas, and the Southern Hemisphere.

Bergoglio chose the name Francis in honor of St. Francis of Assisi, known for his dedication to the poor and humility. Five ...

Pope Francis, a reformer from Argentina who rattled the Catholic Church’s traditionalists and inspired progressives by ...

I’m a Christian and believe strongly in the teaching of Jesus that states, “Whatever we do to the least of these, we do to God.” Holding true to this teaching, that means our country has become a ...

It marked the culmination of decades of anti-French Catholic sentiment dating back to the 1850s, when waves of Québécois and ...