as locals at Saint Francis Church shared how his leadership touched their lives and inspired a legacy of compassion. The Bakersfield community gathered at Saint Francis Church to honor Pope ...

St. Francis was accepted into the church by the bishop as an advocate of the poor and went on to found a religious order that’s still active globally today, the Franciscans. For Assisi’s ...

But St. Mary was one of Francis' favorite places in Rome and a church with deep personal significance to him. “It's especially beautiful because of Pope Francis' love for the basilica of Mary ...

Hundreds of people queued to visit the tomb of the late Pope Francis at the St. Mary Major church in Rome on Sunday. Mourners began lining up to visit the tomb of the late Pope Francis at the St ...

Hundreds of priests, diplomats and community members gathered at the Church of St. Francis in the Abrahamic Family House in Abu Dhabi for a special memorial dedicated to the late Pope. During his ...

When he was elevated to the papacy in 2013, Pope Francis was widely expected to shake up the Catholic Church, to liberals ... for Pope Francis at mass in St Peter’s Square on March 9, following ...

In Bend, clergy at St. Francis of Assisi Church remembered Francis as a humble and compassionate leader, who set an example for others to follow. Francis died Monday at the age of 88, one day ...

Many of the Catholics Francis counseled were much younger, but he made a habit of trying to meet them where they were. A Church of the Poor: Around St. Peter’s Square, the pope offered services ...

MARY JO IS A STUDENT AND ONE OF MANY THAT CAME TO SAINT IGNATIUS CHURCH IN MOUNT VERNON ON TUESDAY NIGHT TO PRAY AND REFLECT ON THE LEGACY OF POPE FRANCIS. I THINK A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE ARE ...

Allentown Bishop Alfred Schlert said Pope Francis “reminded the faithful that the Church is a hospital for the sinner and not ...

Pope Francis’s devoted faithful will ... more organic from the times of the early church, where if people want to acclaim him as a saint, they will and then let the church catch up,” she ...

One of the devotions in the Catholic Church is the Adoration of Blessed Sacrament, Sahd said, and "that's the most beautiful ...