St. Francis is the medieval Catholic saint whose spirituality focused on loving the poor, creation, and peace. He’s been a ...

As he enters his 13th year as pope, Francis stands tall as the moral authority in today’s world, a voice pleading for ...

A scholar of global Catholicism writes how Francis has opened the church to the outside world in ways no pope had done before ...

They said they were inspired by St. Francis’ love for the poor, peace and creation — all priorities for the pope, too, and the Franciscans, one of the largest orders in the Catholic Church.

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 ...

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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.

Who’s St. Francis, Whose Love for the Poor, Creation, and Peace Inspires Pope Francis? ASSISI, Italy (AP) — As Pope Francis entered his third week in a hospital battling pneumonia, hundreds of ...

“It’s a name that contains a life program.” READ: Francis − a pope who has cared deeply for the poor and opened up the Catholic Church Several of the pope’s encyclicals — teaching ...