Taking the name Francis after St Francis of Assisi, he promoted a more humble ... (Emilio Morenatti/AP) A person takes a picture of a graffiti mural of Pope Francis, near the Vatican, April ...

Francis appears on the central lodge of St. Peter's Basilica to bestow the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for "to the city and to the world") blessing at the end of the Easter mass presided over by Cardinal ...

Renaissance painter’s fresco cycle depicting the life of the saint in Assisi, Italy, took an innovative, vibrant approach to ...

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 ...

The 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church, Argentinian-born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, took on the name Francis in honor of St. Francis of Assisi after ... the most poignant photos from the day's ...

This photo, taken from St. Peter’s Basilica, shows the pope’s coffin and some of the crowd during his funeral. (Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty Images ... Francis to honor St. Francis of Assisi ...

There's an old saying often attributed to St. Francis of Assisi: preach the Gospel at ... city's Catholic parishes and took questions from children. In April 2018, a young boy named Emanuel ...

When Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was anointed as the Pope, he chose to rename himself as Francis after St ... years in Assisi and now leads the Vatican’s committee on World Children ...