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Photo: Mauro Ujetto/NurPhoto via Getty Images A general view of St. Peter's Square during the funeral of Pope Francis, who took the name Francis after St Francis of Assisi. He promoted a more ...
Taking the name Francis after St Francis of Assisi, he promoted a more humble ... (Emilio Morenatti/AP) A person takes a picture of a graffiti mural of Pope Francis, near the Vatican, April ...
Francis appears on the central lodge of St. Peter's Basilica to bestow the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for "to the city and to the world") blessing at the end of the Easter mass presided over by Cardinal ...
More API/GAMMA/Gamma-Raph/Getty Images March 11 ... taking the name Francis in honor of St. Francis of Assisi. Newly elected Pope Francis I speaks to the waiting crowd from the central balcony ...
The 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church, Argentinian-born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, took on the name Francis in honor of St. Francis of Assisi after ... the most poignant photos from the day's ...
When he was elected in 2013, Pope Francis said he chose his name in honor of St. Francis of Assisi, the 13th-century ... Francis was one of five children. His father, Mario, was an accountant ...
This photo, taken from St. Peter’s Basilica, shows the pope’s coffin and some of the crowd during his funeral. (Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty Images ... Francis to honor St. Francis of Assisi ...
There's an old saying often attributed to St. Francis of Assisi: preach the Gospel at ... city's Catholic parishes and took questions from children. In April 2018, a young boy named Emanuel ...