The St. Francis University men's basketball team will be at Tuesday's Altoona Curve game to celebrate its Northeast ...

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 ...

Bishop Robert Barron taught on the life of Francis and shared memories during a Mass at the Co-Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist Thursday, April 24, 2025. Francis, originally from Argentina ...

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. It was inspired by St Francis of Assisi - the saint of the poor, the humble and the earth. From day one, Pope Francis lived by the name. He skipped the lavish Vatican residence for a ...

or “Saint Right Away!” — and it still took nine years, and Francis’s election, before the Polish-born pontiff, along with predecessor Pope John XXIII, were declared saints. Francis ...

The title of his encyclical letter dedicated to this topic – Laudato si – came from St. Francis of Assisi’s Canticle of the Creatures, an ecstatic hymn to the beauty of "brother sun and ...

Pope Francis’ message to listen more, preach less and show mercy to all resonated, even among those who lacked faith. Francis ...

“It was clear that the subject of migrants and immigrants wasn’t just one topic among many that he addressed, as all popes might,” says Robert ... he thought of Saint Francis.

Cardinal Robert Sarah – championed by conservatives ... Benedict XVI – is among those being considered to replace Pope Francis. An African cardinal from Guinea, Sarah, 79, is viewed as a ...

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 ...