Pope Francis honors St. Francis of Assisi's legacy of peace, poverty, and respect for creation in Assisi, Italy.

P ope Francis, the reform-minded Roman Catholic leader who guided the church through an era of crisis, died Monday, April 21, ...

Pope Francis, whose time as head of the Catholic Church was noted for an everyman humility and outreach efforts to people of ...

Jim and Jeanne Mulligan headed to the Cathedral of St. Paul on Monday morning after they heard the news that Pope Francis had died. The couple, who are from Grand Forks, N.D., and were in St. Paul ...

Welcomed by some and rejected by others, Laudato Si’ emerged as one of the most important documents of Francis’ pontificate.

On March 13, 2013, Francis succeeded Pope Benedict XVI, who was the first pope to retire in six centuries. Francis became the 266th occupant of the papacy, which dates back to St. Peter, the disciple ...

Remembering Pope Francis, the Catholic Church leader who broke with tradition 10:43. Rome — Pope Francis, who challenged ...

At his funeral, Pope Francis was remembered and venerated as a pontiff with "strength and serenity" who modeled his ...

The folklore of the prophecy of St. Malachy says that Pope Francis may be the very last pontiff. Historians say that's ...

“How I would like a Church that is poor and for the poor,” according to the Catholic Telegraph. St. Francis of Assisi, born Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone around 1181 or 1182 in ...

Mine happened to be St. Francis of Assisi. Even at a young age ... interpreting Holy Scriptures or guiding Catholic theology in any capacity influential in church development or dogma. Women, by ...