- Pope Francis - Wikipedia
Pope Francis [b] (born Jorge Mario Bergoglio; [c] 17 December 1936 – 21 April 2025) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 13 March 2013 until his death in 2025 He was the first Jesuit pope, the first Latin American, and the first born or raised outside Europe since the 8th-century Syrian pope Gregory III
- Francis | Pope, Born, Death, Real Name, Laudato Si’, Facts - Britannica
Francis (born December 17, 1936, Buenos Aires, Argentina—died April 21, 2025, Vatican City) ushered in a new era of leadership in the Roman Catholic Church when he was elected pope in 2013
- Meaning, origin and history of the name Francis
Francis went on to renounce his father's wealth and devote his life to the poor, founding the Franciscan order of friars Later in his life he apparently received the stigmata Due to the renown of the saint, this name became widespread in Western Europe during the Middle Ages
- Pope Francis | USCCB
Pope Francis’ motto on his coat of arms, “miserando atque eligendo” is taken from a homily by Saint Bede, an English eighth-century Christian writer and doctor of the Church of the Gospel account of the call of Saint Matthew It roughly translates to “having mercy, he called him ”
- Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati to be canonized together
Announcement by Pope Francis The late Pope himself had announced the canonizations of Blesseds Pier Giorgio and Carlo at the General Audience of 20 November 2024, prompting thunderous applause from the crowds gathered in St Peter’s Square The canonization of Acutis, who was beatified in Assisi on 10 October 2020, had originally been
- Biography | Francis - Vatican
francis The first Pope of the Americas Jorge Mario Bergoglio hails from Argentina The 76-year-old Jesuit Archbishop of Buenos Aires is a prominent figure throughout the continent, yet remains a simple pastor who is deeply loved by his diocese, throughout which he has travelled extensively on the underground and by bus during the 15 years of
- Chronology of the Life of St. Francis | Franciscan Media
Francis answered that God could not find a greater sinner through whom to display his infinite mercy The appeal of St Francis remains undimmed eight centuries after his death In looking at him, people have always been helped to see Christ
- Pope Francis St. Francis - Conventual Franciscan Friars
As Saint Francis drew near his death he dictated a Testament, his final instruction to the brothers he was about to leave He opens by recommending three basic elements of his own conversion: “And the Lord Himself led me among the lepers and I showed mercy to them…And after the Lord gave me brothers, no one showed me what I had to do, but the Most High Himself revealed to me that I should
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