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Pope Francis, the first Jesuit pope and one of the oldest popes in the Roman Catholic Church's history, has served as pope since 2013 ...

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St. Francis is the medieval Catholic saint whose spirituality focused on loving the poor, creation, and peace.

ASSISI, Italy — As Pope Francis entered his third week in a hospital battling pneumonia, hundreds of pilgrims continued to ...

It shows St. Francis of Assisi with birds, and is a reference to a legend where Francis encountered a large flock in Italy and preached a sermon to them. Assisi and Cannara are about 7 miles ...

Pope Francis reacts as he stands with Rome's Mayor Roberto Gualtieri (not pictured) at a balcony in Piazza del Campidoglio (Capitoline Square), during a visit to Campidoglio (Capitoline Hill), in Rome ...

Like his namesake, St. Francis of Assisi, the Pope has called us to live out the corporal works of mercy. It is particularly moving in light of how, each evening this week, people are gathering in ...

He was also the first pope to choose Francis as his name, thus honoring St. Francis of Assisi, a 13th-century mystic whose love for nature and the poor have inspired Catholics and non-Catholics alike.

(AP Video by Cristian Kovadloff) Pilgrims in the Italian town of Assisi say they are praying for Pope Francis on the 10th day of his hospitalization for a complex lung infection. (AP Video by Chris ...