When Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was anointed as the Pope, he chose to rename himself as Francis after St. Francis of Assisi, the medieval saint who founded the Franciscans, one of the largest ...

Pope Francis smiles after celebrating Easter mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.(AP) Upon his ascension to the papacy, the late pontiff chose the name Francis in honour of St. Francis of ...

Former St. Francis school resource officer Dimitri Kamolov pleaded guilty to invading the privacy of a minor with a surveillance device. Kamolov secretly recorded a 17-year-old girl changing in ...

Though presidents and princes attended the Mass in St. Peter’s Square, prisoners and migrants welcomed Francis' coffin at his final resting place in a basilica across town. According to Vatican ...

Pope Francis was brought in solemn procession to St. Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday morning, where the late pontiff will lie in state for three days for mourners to pay their final respects and ...

He became archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998 and elevated to cardinal in 2001 by St. John Paul II. He was elected the 266th pope on March 13, 2013, on the fifth ballot. FILE – Pope Francis ...

Francis. It was inspired by St Francis of Assisi - the saint of the poor, the humble and the earth. From day one, Pope Francis lived by the name. He skipped the lavish Vatican residence for a ...

It is also located near the altar dedicated to St. Francis. Work to receive Pope Francis’ coffin began a few days ago, fulfilling the pontiff’s wish for a simple burial in this church ...

At the Franciscan Villa the Sisters of St. Francis mourn the life of Pope Francis who they say was a saintly man who looked out for the less fortunate—going as far as saying that they loved him.

He chose the name Francis in honor of St. Francis of Assisi. St. Francis, he said, was “the man of the poor. The man of peace. The man who loved and cared for creation and in this moment we don ...