LOUDONVILLE, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Francis was the first pope to take the name of Saint Francis of Assisi. On Wednesday afternoon, people at Siena College ... video, head to NEWS10 ABC.

Pope Francis was the first non-European head of the Roman Catholic Church ... the first to take the name of St. Francis of Assisi and the first from the Global South.

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re remembered Francis' "open heart towards everyone." At his funeral, Pope Francis was remembered and venerated as a pontiff with "strength and serenity" who modeled his ...

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday aged 88, following a stroke and subsequent irreversible heart failure. The death was confirmed and announced by the Pope's "camerlengo", or chamberlain - currently ...