Pope Francis, the head of the Roman Catholic Church, made a lasting impression on these Arizonans who met him, knew him or ...

Pope Francis charmed the world with those poignant acts of love, humility and informality, starting with his first appearance ...

He was a pope who understood the power of a simple touch: caressing the deformed head of a man in St.<a ...

Few individuals in church history have straddled the fault line between insider and outsider quite so capably as Francis of Assisi – a ... of the medieval saint. Defined against the bourgeoisie ...

Pope Francis, who encouraged Catholics to embrace a more compassionate view on many issues but found it difficult to close the book on past abuses by clergy, has died. He was 88.

The bishop of Assisi, author of a book on the links between Carlo, Francis and Saint Clare of Assisi — one of the first followers of Francis — said he hoped the canonization would attract a ...

But there is much more to see and do in Assisi and in and around central Italy related to Carlo Acutis when it comes to his love for St. Francis ... As I say in my book, Italy's Shrines and ...

ASTON — About seven years ago, Francis and Clare, a pair of budgie parakeets, were gifted to the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for their retirement home, Assisi House in Aston ...

Friendly, humorous, humble, yet also persistent and assertive: This is how Pope Francis will be remembered. An obituary for ...

He was declared “Venerable” by Pope Francis in 2018 ... when they pray before Carlo’s tomb in Assisi, what the life and legacy of the millennial saint means to them.