The leader of the world’s 1 billion Roman Catholics addressed past scandals and embraced migrants, the poor and gay and ...

During Francis’s papacy, evangelical Protestantism and secularism continued to remake Latin America’s religious geography, ...

Pope Francis’ body was transferred to St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Wednesday, April 23, allowing mourners to pay ...

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As the first Latin American pontiff, the legacy of Pope Francis in the region is complex, according to analysts consulted by ...

Pope Francis, the Roman Catholic pontiff who advocated a more compassionate papacy and a less traditionalist approach than ...

Francis: Pope from Latin America who changed Catholic Church ...

Drawing on Latin American theology that emphasizes collaboration, developed in response to continued struggles with ...

Upon his election to the papacy, Pope Francis became the first pontiff to hail from Latin America. His impact, though, ...

Most popes have come from Europe, even though there are countries in South and Central America, Asia, and Africa with ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Several months after he assumed leadership of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis made his first trip overseas. It was back home to Latin America, where the Argentine pontiff ...

Secularism and the rise of evangelical congregations threaten the Catholic Church’s dominance in the region.