As people around the world watched Pope Francis' funeral, worshippers of all faiths attended a Mass at Saint Patrick's Cathedral in New York City to honor the late pontiff. The Mass on Saturday ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Thousands of young people from around the world had come to Rome expecting to rejoice this weekend in the canonization of the first millennial saint during the Vatican’s ...

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 ...

He articulated the mission just days after his 2013 election and it explained the name he chose as pope, honoring St. Francis of Assisi “who had the heart of the poor of the world,” according ...

He took the name Francis after the well-known St. Francis of Assisi, who ministered to the poor. Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at the age of 88 after suffering a stroke, setting off mourning ...

He was elected pope on March 13, 2013. He adopted the name Francis in honor of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of the poor.

seeking to be inspired by the spirit of Saint Francis of Assisi. Pope Francis always preserved his temperament and his form of pastoral guidance, and immediately imprinted his strong personality ...

Hundreds of thousands of mourners packed into St. Peter’s Square Saturday morning in Rome to say farewell to Pope Francis, remembered as an everyman who had an uncompromising sense of equality ...

He articulated the mission just days after his 2013 election and it explained the name he chose as pope, honoring St. Francis of Assisi “who had the heart of the poor of the world,” according ...

1 of 28 The coffin of Pope Francis arrives at St. Mary Major Basilica for his burial ceremony, in Rome, Saturday, April 26, 2025. The chapel next to where Francis was being buried is home to a ...

Francis, who took his name after Saint Francis of Assisi, was known for his outreach to the poor and those in poverty and that will be reflected in his minimalist burial at Saint Mary Major.