Born to a middle-class family in ... known for his intellect, humility and charismatic personality. In media circles, he has often been referred to as the “Asian Pope Francis” for his ...

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With the midterm polls out of the way, Vice President Sara Duterte is eager for a “bloodbath” in her looming impeachment trial while she organizes rallies abroad to show support for her father who is ...

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2GO senior assistant vice president and head of travel Francis ... family, expects to sustain its 12 percent growth for the rest of the year on the back of rising demand for inter-island trips ...

The late Pope Francis donated all his remaining money to a youth rehabilitation project inside a Roman prison in one of his final acts as the head of the Roman Catholic Church. Before his death ...

Truong, a lifelong Catholic, had hoped one day to spend Easter in Vatican City. That hope was fulfilled this spring, when he ...

The two clerics met in South America, and when Francis needed to fill an important job at the Vatican, he knew where to turn. By Emma Bubola Reporting from Vatican City A few years ago, Pope ...

On April 21, 2025, that world lost, if not one of its brightest stars, then certainly one of its highest-placed advocates in Francis. In his youth, Francis was only ever a street athlete ...

Onstage, in Jamie Lloyd’s coruscating Broadway production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Sunset Boulevard,” his brooding features projected onto a 23-foot-tall screen, Francis looms large.

CHICAGO -- Cardinal Robert Prevost was chosen as Pope Francis' successor on Thursday, taking the papal name Leo XIV. The world is wondering how the first American pope compares to his predecessor.