Graduates step into a world that is watching, waiting and often weary. A world hungry for hope, for witness, for someone to ...

One of the most poignant images after Pope Francis's death was a close-up photograph of his shoes as he lay in his open coffin inside St. Peter's Basilica. Scuffed, worn and workaday, they were a ...

Chris Packham has posed as St Francis of Assisi in a portrait celebrating him as a “living saint”. The portrait of the presenter and environmental campaigner is now on show on the altar of the ...

The 2025 papal conclave at the Vatican ended with the election of American-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV. Here ...

But in naming himself Leo, the new pope could also have wanted to signal a strong line of continuity: Brother Leo was the 13th century friar who was a great companion to St. Francis of Assisi ...

Prevost will now go by a new name: Pope Leo XIV ... For instance, Pope Francis was the first to adopt the name of St. Francis of Assisi, signaling his commitment to humility and service to ...

In the wake of Pope Francis' death in April 2025, a slew of videos purportedly telling the heartwarming story of the pope's dog refusing to leave his side were posted on YouTube. The videos ...

When Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected to lead the Catholic church in 2013, he chose the papal name Francis, after the 13th-century figure St. Francis of Assisi ... created this new space and ...

NEW YORK (AP ... but after each session. Francis was known for his personal simplicity, from the choice of his name Francis in honor of St. Francis of Assisi, who renounced wealth to help ...