The Vatican said Monday afternoon that Pope Francis died of a stroke that put him into a coma and led to heart failure. Francis died Monday at age 88. Original story VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, history's first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and ...
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church's teaching in areas such as the death penalty and nuclear weapons, upheld it in others such as abortion, and made inroads with Muslims and believers who long felt marginalized. Where Francis, ...
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press LYON, France (AP) — Tributes to Pope Francis instantly poured in from around the world from presidents to people of all walks of like. The Vatican announced the pontiff's death on Monday at age 88. French President Emmanuel Macron of France focused on the ...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Some takeaways about the life of Pope Francis, who died Monday: Background Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born Dec. 17, 1936, to Italian immigrants in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the eldest of five children. He was ordained a Jesuit priest in 1969 and led the religious order ...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Key events in the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis and died on Monday: Dec. 17, 1936: Jorge Mario Bergoglio is born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the eldest of five children to Mario Jose Bergoglio, an accountant from Italy, and Regina María Sívori, ...
