When Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was anointed as the Pope, he chose to rename himself as Francis after St. Francis of Assisi, the medieval saint who founded the Franciscans, one of the largest ...

Pope Francis smiles after celebrating Easter mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.(AP) Upon his ascension to the papacy, the late pontiff chose the name Francis in honour of St. Francis of ...

MUSKOGEE, Okla. — Kendal Francis was announced as the new city manager for the City of Muskogee.

Former St. Francis school resource officer Dimitri Kamolov pleaded guilty to invading the privacy of a minor with a surveillance device. Kamolov secretly recorded a 17-year-old girl changing in ...

Most popes are buried underneath St Peter’s Basilica, but Pope Francis decided in 2022 that he should be buried away from the Vatican, in the Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica in Rome. Pope Francis ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - Father Geoff Rose, president of St. Francis de Sales, says Pope Francis was a rare leader who showed us how to be better people. “I just think humility defined his papacy ...

Pope Francis made a brief appearance on Easter Sunday to bless the thousands of people in St. Peter's Square as he continues his recovery from a near-fatal bout of double pneumonia. "Brothers and ...

St. Francis is still very good at softball. The Lancers were not able to win the Michelle Carew Classic they competed at last weekend in Anaheim. But this week in Livermore, the top-ranked Lancers ...

The Vatican also said Francis had relayed in a final statement his wishes to be buried at the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome. When he was elected in 2013, Pope Francis said he chose his name ...

"It's almost like this great, great blessing."Luke Padilla, another local Catholic who spoke with Action 7 News, named his son after St. Francis. The same saint who Pope Francis, formerly Jorge ...

The Vatican on Monday evening hosted a praying of the rosary in St. Peter’s Square following the death of Pope Francis earlier in the day. Thousands of Catholics gathered together in prayer for ...