Pope Francis's defense against the worst allegation about his role in the ...

In 2010, three years before he became Pope Francis, Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio sat down with prosecutors and human rights lawyers in his office to give formal testimony about his role during Argentina's “dirty war.” The internal conflict had killed

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio has been elected the new Pope. He has chosen the papal name Pope Francis. Here are the facts:-- He staunchly opposes…

If the papal odds are less reliable than the odds on, say, sporting events – which have a very good overall record – they still may be the most useful publicly available predictions.

The choice of Cardinal Bergoglio does mark a series of firsts: the first non-European Pope in modern times; the first Latin-American Pope; the first Jesuit Pope; he first Pope to take the name of Francis, in homage to St. Francis

LONDON – The pope may be infallible to his followers, but not to British Prime Minister David Cameron. Pope Francis — the Argentine cardinal elected as the new pontiff earlier this week — has been quoted as describing the Falkland Islands as