The Vatican confirmed that Francis attended Mass with those taking care of him at Gemelli hospital, alternating between rest and prayer ... Assisi, to pray at the home of Francis' namesake, St ...

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Tending to the sick of body, mind and spirit, and pointing them to the Divine Physician, has been a primary theme of Pope Francis’ pontificate. Like his namesake, St. Francis of Assisi ...

Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez, left, prays during a rosary prayer ... at St. Peter’s Basilica and also making pilgrimages to the hilltop Umbrian town of Assisi, to pray at the home of Francis ...

They are walking through the Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica and also making pilgrimages to the hilltop Umbrian town of Assisi, to pray at the home of Francis’ namesake, St. Francis.

And when asked by what name he wished to be called, he responded: Francesco (Francis). The name, after St. Francis of Assisi ... that he will bless me: the prayer of the people asking the blessing ...

They are walking through the Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica and also making pilgrimages to the hilltop Umbrian town of Assisi, to pray at the home of Francis’ namesake, St. Francis.

People attend a rosary prayer with Cardinal Victor ... They are walking through the Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica and also making pilgrimages to the hilltop Umbrian town of Assisi, to pray at the ...

The pontifical charity Aid to the Church in Need issued "an urgent appeal for prayers for Syria ... Franciscan Father Bahjat ...