At his funeral, Pope Francis was remembered and venerated as a pontiff with "strength and serenity" who modeled his ...

Pope Francis honors St. Francis of Assisi's legacy of peace, poverty, and respect for creation in Assisi, Italy.

Pope Francis presides over a Rosary prayer for peace on Oct. 6, 2024, in the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome. The prayer ...

All over the world, Catholics paused their daily lives to watch the papal conclave. That includes in Tuscaloosa, as a small ...

Pope Francis, like all Catholic priests, vowed to celibacy and thus was not married or had children. Here's what we know about his family.

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Mine happened to be St. Francis of Assisi. Even at a young age ... the Pope Francis Center, run by Father Tim McCabe and his ...

after St. Francis of Assisi. During his papacy, Pope Francis led multiple attempts at church reform and often advocated for migrant rights and the environment. In his last appearance before his ...

People from around the globe congregated in Vatican City today to mark the passing of the late pontiff.

On March 13, 2013, Francis succeeded Pope Benedict XVI, who was the first pope to retire in six centuries. Francis became the ...

When he was elected in 2013, Pope Francis said he chose his name in honor of St. Francis of Assisi, the 13th-century ... Francis was one of five children. His father, Mario, was an accountant ...