Chris Packham has posed as St Francis of Assisi in a portrait celebrating him as a “living saint”. The portrait of the ...

starting with his name — taken in part from St. Francis of Assisi, who was tasked by God himself to “rebuild my church.” The reforms most urgently needed when Francis assumed the papacy were ...

And Leo could also refer to Brother Leo, the 13th-century friar who was a great companion of St Francis of Assisi. By choosing such a name, the new Pope could be demonstrating a continuation of ...

choosing not the name of a former pope but that of St. Francis of Assisi, the 13th century cleric and patron saint of animals and the environment. Pope Leo started to emerge as a front-runner for ...

A photo of Bishop Robert Prevost, elected pope under the name Leo XIV, in the hands of a devotee in front of the Chiclayo Cathedral in Peru, where he served as bishop for several years, May 8, 2025.

A woman, who only gave her first name as Ana, takes a picture as she visits a parish named after the Peruvian saint, Santo ...

Follow live coverage from the Vatican on the second day of conclave as cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel to vote for a ...

and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen.

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Throughout his pontificate, Pope Francis made decisions as a Jesuit, that is, in the manner of a superior of the Society of Jesus. Didn’t Saint Ignatius, the founder of the Society of Jesus ...

Saint Louis University School of Law is a globally connected Catholic, Jesuit law school in an urban setting with 175 years of history. The strength of the faculty, breadth of course offerings and ...