In his Sunday Angelus address, Pope Francis encouraged Christians to be ... for her work with North Korean refugees. She is the author of “Blessed Carlo Acutis: A Saint in Sneakers ...

Pope Francis (Jorge Mario Bergoglio) is the head of the Catholic Church and the bishop of Rome. This essay is adapted from his forthcoming book “Hope: The Autobiography,” written with Carlo Musso.

According to Italian publisher Mondadori, “Hope” is the first autobiography ever published by a pope. Francis, however, has published other first-person, memoir-style books or book-length ...

Pope Francis, who turns 88 on Dec. 17, is the second-oldest pope in modern history (after Pope Leo XIII, who died in 1903 at the age of 93). Pope Benedict XVI resigned at the age of 85 and went on ...