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 ...

Pope Francis has died after leading the Roman Catholic Church for more than a decade. His last public appearance was on the ...

Pope Francis honors St. Francis of Assisi's legacy of peace, poverty, and respect for creation in Assisi, Italy.

Assisi will also symbolically join Rome to bid a final farewell to Pope Francis. The mass in St. Peter's Square will be broadcast live on big screens: at the Sanctuary of ...

Artist Freiman Stoltzfus works on a mural titled “Saint Francis in Lancaster” on the wall of the cafeteria inside Mary ...

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 ...