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Francis of Assisi: the Life of a Restless Saint by ... He “walked the world like the pardon of God”. This new biography by Volker Leppin is not given to such joyful outbursts and doesn ...

When he was elected in 2013, Pope Francis said he chose his name in honor of St. Francis of Assisi ... biography. Pope Francis, or Jorge, was the eldest of the five siblings, according to the ...

Mine happened to be St. Francis of Assisi. Even at a young age ... including any kind of decision-making leadership, selecting a new pope, closing churches, etc.), it also reinforced the locks ...

Cardinal Bergoglio took the papal name “Francis” after the 13th century nobleman St. Francis of Assisi, who shunned ... to integrate them into the new life.” He was an unapologetic socialist ...