Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires has become the next Pope of the Catholic Church, taking the name Francis. Pope Francis greeted the crowds of faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square ...

White smoke was seen rising from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican, indicating that cardinals have elected a new pope on the second and final day of conclave. This comes days after Pope ...

Argentine Jorge Bergoglio has been elected pope, the first ever from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium. He chose the name Pope Francis. For Catholics, the days ...

We have a pope: Cardinal Bergoglio of Agentina, a Jesuit, and he will rule as Francesco I (Pope Francis). Cardinal Bergoglio was, according to rumor at the time, the strong contender against Joseph ...

SCRIPT: It was the moment they had all been waiting for. White smoke from the chimney of the Sistine chapel meant a new Pope had been elected to lead the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. After the ...

Shortly after the smoke rising from the Sistine Chapel turned from black to white and Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was deemed the world’s new Roman Catholic leader, hundreds of people took to the ...

Jorge Mario Bergoglio almost made history eight years ago. According to several accounts, he had been the only real contender against Joseph Ratzinger in the first round of balloting that led to the ...