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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 ...

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 ...

Francis made his final public appearance on Easter Sunday. He appeared very frail and had delegated the celebration of the ...

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 ...

After Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Pope Francis regularly referred to Ukraine and its people as “martyred” and ...

He became archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998 and elevated to cardinal in 2001 by St. John Paul II. He was elected the 266th pope on March 13, 2013, on the fifth ballot. FILE – Pope Francis ...

Father Hans Kreuwels, a priest from the Netherlands visiting Rome with his brother, told CNA at St. Peter’s Square that the late pope’s papal name of Francis “[reminded] us of Francis of Ass ...

And you have to start from the ground up.” The first Jesuit to occupy the Chair of St. Peter, Francis took the name of St. Francis of Assisi, a 12th century figure who famously turned his back ...

Francis "wasn’t dogmatic," he said. "He seemed to have a flexibility and understanding." Around 7:25 a.m., staff at St. Agnes Cathedral in Rockville Centre hung purple-and-black bunting outside ...