He was the first Pope to take the name of Francis, after Saint Francis of Assisi and, like his namesake ... rather than St. Peters with a simple stone reading Francis. He held, embraced and ...

Taking the name Francis after St Francis of Assisi, he promoted a more humble ... (Emilio Morenatti/AP) The sun rises through a statue as people begin to take their seats in St. Peter's Square ...

After all, the statement added, the pope “had chosen the name Francis to never forget them.” St. Francis of Assisi renounced ... had said he had wanted the statue in St. Peter’s Square ...

"I identify with that film, in which there is an implicit reference to Saint Francis," said Pope Francis, referring to the themes of love and suffering central to the teachings of Saint Francis of ...

(KTVZ) -- An extensive restoration has been completed at the Historic St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church ... Deacon Phil McCarty told us, "The statues, the pews, the stained glass windows ...

Vatican officials helped 14 white-gloved, black-suited pallbearers carry the coffin up a stone incline ... He took the name Francis after Saint Francis of Assisi. Additional reporting by Alvise ...

Pope Francis, who died at the age of 88 on Easter Monday, had a special relationship with cinema going back to his childhood in Buenos Aires. “I owe my cinema culture above all to my parents who ...

When Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was anointed as the Pope, he chose to rename himself as Francis after St. Francis of Assisi ... is a sober stone church on the hillside. It marks the spot ...

March 13, 2013: Elected 266th pope, the first from the Americas, the first Jesuit and the first to take the name of Francis, after St. Francis of Assisi ... steal Indigenous statues from Vatican ...

March 13, 2013: Elected 266th pope, the first from the Americas, the first Jesuit and the first to take the name of Francis, after St. Francis of Assisi ... steal Indigenous statues from Vatican ...

March 13, 2013: Elected 266th pope, the first from the Americas, the first Jesuit and the first to take the name of Francis, after St. Francis of Assisi ... steal Indigenous statues from Vatican ...