The modest coffin was carried back into the basilica for a final time at the end of the roughly two-hour-long service, which saw him praised as a “pope among the people ... Francis, who chose his name ...

And seeing Pope Francis embody the values of St Francis of Assisi in the following years just made me like him even more and more. His concern for all people and the environment. His humble ways and ...

According to Vatican estimates, some 250,000 people flocked to the funeral ... it explained the name he chose as pope, honoring St. Francis of Assisi, “who had the heart of the poor of the ...

At his funeral, Pope Francis was remembered and venerated as a pontiff with "strength and serenity" who modeled his pontificate on St. Francis of Assisi ... a Pope among the people, with an ...

(AP) VATICAN CITY — World leaders and Catholic faithful bade farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral Saturday that highlighted his concern for people ... honoring St. Francis of Assisi “who ...

There's an old saying often attributed to St. Francis of Assisi: preach the Gospel at all ... "Let us ask ourselves today: do I know how to listen to people, am I ready to meet their good requests?

Father Martin, a Jesuit priest, is the editor at large for the Catholic magazine America. As soon as Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the archbishop of Buenos Aires, was elected pope in 2013, he made his ...

At his funeral, Pope Francis was remembered and venerated as a pontiff with "strength and serenity" who modeled his pontificate on St. Francis of Assisi ... a Pope among the people, with an ...

According to Vatican estimates, some 250,000 people flocked to the funeral ... it explained the name he chose as pope, honoring St. Francis of Assisi, “who had the heart of the poor of the ...