Pope Francis walks past a portrait of himself as he arrives to meet with young people at the University of Santo Tomas in ...

Born Dec. 17, 1936, in Buenos Aires, Jorge Mario Bergoglio was the eldest of five children of Italian immigrants.

Pope Francis appeared on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica on March 13, 2013, after being elected by the conclave of cardinals. Francis praying for peace at the Western Wall, Judaism’s holiest ...

Several world leaders, including South Africa, Turkey, Iran and Nigeria, have hailed Pope Francis as a man who championed the poor and who was not afraid to pronounce on the genocide taking place in ...

Zimbabwe is the house of stone, both literally and figuratively, with its very name derived from the ancient stone city of ...

A collection of Zimbabwean stone sculptures will be part of an Oxford exhibition meant to 'contextualize' the legacy of ...

The pope was a strong advocate for the poor and the environment and a towering figure on the world stage, addressing not just ...

She is the former Ambassador of the Republic of Ghana to Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia and South Sudan and the Permanent Representative to the African Union and United Nations Economic ...