Ready to jump-start that season June 5-8 is the annual St. Francis of Assisi Family Festival. Scheduled for the parish grounds, 6850 Mayfield Road, are four days of live music, food, kiddie rides ...

When I first saw Giotto’s fresco cycle “The Legend of St. Francis” in the upper church of the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi—a small Italian town two hours from Rome by train—I ...

after the 13th-century figure St. Francis of Assisi, known as the patron saint of ecologists and champion of the poor. It was a befitting choice. Pope Francis was the fiercest climate and environm ...

He articulated the mission just days after his 2013 election and it explained the name he chose as pope, honoring St. Francis of Assisi “who had the heart of the poor of the world,” according ...

1 of 28 The coffin of Pope Francis arrives at St. Mary Major Basilica for his burial ceremony, in Rome, Saturday, April 26, 2025. The chapel next to where Francis was being buried is home to a ...

More than 250,000 people attended the funeral at St. Peter's Square. Pope Francis was laid to rest Saturday at the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome after dying at 88 years old on April 21.

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re remembered Francis' "open heart towards everyone." At his funeral, Pope Francis was remembered and venerated as a pontiff with "strength and serenity" who modeled his ...

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 ...

Graphic: Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina ... He took the name Francis after Saint Francis of Assisi. The Vatican said on Thursday a group of "poor and needy" had been invited to welcome ...

Graphic: A new pope can take any name he ... He took the name Francis after Saint Francis of Assisi. Additional reporting by Alvise Armellini, Angelo Amante, Gabriele Pileri, Roberto Mignucci ...