The event was open to fourth and fifth grade students from Holy Spirit Catholic School, St. Francis of Assisi School, and St. Pius X School with student volunteers from Lourdes High School.

Lancaster artist Freiman Stoltzfus likes working big. A walk through his gallery on Gallery Row shows sprawling, large colorful works hung thoughtfully on the walls. "It's a liberating experience ...

There are legions of scouts, youth groups and Catholic school children ... That was fitting, the Vatican added, because St. Francis of Assisi renounced his wealth to live in poverty, and the ...

As cheers filled the room at Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Chicago ... also spoke with ABC News Live as Pope Francis' coffin was being taken out of St. Peter's Basilica to the Basilica of ...

Tap on the blue circle to take a look at photos from the funeral for Pope Francis. 1 of 28 The coffin of Pope Francis arrives at St. Mary Major ... Rey Jesuit High School in Chicago, Herrera ...

Francis, who took his name after Saint Francis of Assisi, was known for his outreach ... 1 p.m. local time following the pope's funeral at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City and a 4-mile ...

Going to Catholic school, we all knew our patron saints. Mine happened to be St. Francis of Assisi. Even at a young age, I thought it was a good fit due to my Italian heritage and my love and ...

1 A Jesuit pope Jorge Mario Bergoglio became a pope of many firsts: the first modern pope from outside Europe, the first whose papal name honors St. Francis of Assisi, and the first Jesuit – a ...

Jorge Mario Bergoglio became a pope of many firsts: the first modern pope from outside Europe, the first whose papal name honors St. Francis of Assisi ... s residential school system for ...

When he was named pope, he chose the name Francis in honor of St. Francis of Assisi, a 13th-century monk ... as a doorman at local bars. In high school, he studied chemistry and worked part ...

At his first press meet, Pope Francis said he was immediately inspired to take the name of St. Francis of Assisi because of ... for ‘catastrophic’ school abuses in Canada Pope Francis issued ...