Pope Francis has died at age 88. The first Latin American pontiff charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the ...

FILE – Pope Francis delivers his blessing as he recites the Angelus ... The first to take the name of Francis, after St. Francis of Assisi. — The first to visit Iraq, meeting its top Shiite ...

Pope Gregory IX officially canonised St Francis of Assisi as a saint. Francis was declared the patron saint of animals and ecology due to his deep love for nature and all living things.

Francis' "no" to women's ordination is not just the exclusion of women from a Church role. It is an insupportable and blatant ...

The first pope from Latin America preached about the humanity of immigrants, protecting the environment and famously – and ...

Francis performed the blessing from ... of Saint Francis of Assisi, a saint known for living a life of Christian poverty who is associated with the patronage of animals and the environment.

Andres Brito appeared solemn Monday after paying his respects to Pope Francis at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi ... out and gave the people a blessing that were gathering for ...

The last image many people have of Francis was him delivering the Easter Sunday blessing ... seeking inspiration from the spirit of Saint Francis of Assisi. He maintained his temperament and ...