Argentines have long waited for Pope Francis to visit the homeland he left in 2013 to become the head of the Roman Catholic Church.

Hundreds of Argentines attended a special mass Monday for their countryman Pope Francis, hospitalized in a critical condition with pneumonia in Rome. They gathered on the same square in Buenos Aires where as archbishop,

Hundreds of Argentinians attend a mass to pray for the health of Pope Francis in Buenos Aires's Constitution Square, where he used to give mass back when he was archbishop to denounce social exclusion.

At a Mass in the cathedral of Buenos Aires on Sunday, numerous worshippers prayed for the ailing Pope Francis, who was born in the Argentinian capital. In front of the church where the pope used to work,

Catholics from across Argentina have flocked to churches to pray for the recovery of native son Pope Francis, the first Latin American pope in history

Missionary nun Maria Engracia, from Mexico, prays for the health of Pope Francis at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Feb. 21, 2025. AP A medical ...

From the soccer field to the seminary, Pope Francis’ life story is filled with surprising twists and turns. A selective life story of Pope Francis was published in January. While largely focused on events, Hope: The Autobiography also includes moral and spiritual reflections.

His diagnosis is still "guarded." Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, was elected pope in March 2013, becoming the first pope from the Southern Hemisphere. Parishioners around the world have been praying for the pope's health privately ...

Catholics in Buenos Aires attended Mass on Sunday to pray for Pope Francis' recovery. The hospitalization of the 88-year-old pope due to a severe lung infection has prompted thousands of faithful worldwide to pray for his recovery,

Pope Francis has entered his fourth week in the hospital with double pneumonia, increasingly handing off his day-to-day duties to cardinals as questions swirl about the near and long-term future of his papacy.