He is not, however, the charismatic Francis, forever ad libbing and drawing his energy from the ... disciple and helper of St Francis of Assisi, and a trusted companion of the saint in his final ...

When Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was anointed as the Pope, he chose to rename himself as Francis after St. Francis of Assisi ... dedicated to St. Clare, who embraced radical poverty to imitate ...

In death, he is drawing a new generation of pilgrims to his resting place ... The bishop of Assisi, author of a book on the links between Carlo, Francis and Saint Clare of Assisi — one of the first ...

In death, he is drawing a new generation of pilgrims to his resting place ... The bishop of Assisi, author of a book on the links between Carlo, Francis and Saint Clare of Assisi – one of the first ...

In death, he is drawing a new generation of pilgrims to ... author of a book on the links between Carlo, Francis and Saint Clare of Assisi — one of the first followers of Francis — said ...

ASSISI, Italy (AP) — Pilgrims have been pouring into this medieval hilltop town to venerate not only two of the Catholic Church’s most celebrated saints, Francis and Clare, but its newest ... death ...

ASSISI, Italy (AP) — Pilgrims have been pouring into this medieval hilltop town to venerate not only two of the Catholic Church’s most celebrated saints, Francis and Clare, but its newest ...