At his funeral, Pope Francis was remembered and venerated as a pontiff with "strength and serenity" who modeled his pontificate on St. Francis of Assisi. The dean of the College of Cardinals, Giovanni ...

Pope Francis, the first Latin-American pontiff, renowned for his outspoken advocacy for the poor and insistence on a more ...

Sultan and saint: The bridge ... "Francis, just Francis", rejecting the imperial weight of a numeral to embrace the simplicity of his namesake. Like the saint who stripped naked in Assisi's ...

He chose his papal name after Saint Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of the ... He modeled respect, justice, and bridge-building between faiths. May his memory be a blessing.

Along with being a practicing Catholic, my middle name is Francis after St. Francis of Assisi who had been the lifelong patron Saint of my father Jim, who was a graduate of Jesuit St. Ignatius ...

the late pontiff chose the name Francis in honour of St. Francis of Assisi, a 13th-century saint known for his poverty, humility, and peace advocacy. This choice was unique, as no other pontiff ...

And those words came to me: the poor, the poor. Then, right away, thinking of the poor, I thought of Francis of Assisi. Then I thought of all the wars, as the votes were still being counted ...

Bergoglio chose this name in honor of Saint Francis of Assisi, the 13th-century Italian saint known for his life of poverty, humility, and love for creation. One of the anecdotes occurred during ...

after St. Francis of Assisi. In doing so, he signaled a desire to cast his lot with the poor and those on the margins. Few could have predicted that he would do more for one globally marginalized ...

Francis sought to follow his namesake, St. Francis of Assisi, the 13th-century Italian ... to remember their common humanity. Francis was a bridge builder, seeking to work with all faiths and ...