Holy Virgin Mary, there is none like you among women born in the world. Daughter and handmaid of the heavenly Father, the almighty King, Mother of our most high Lord Jesus Christ, and Spouse of ...

Following prayer, Francis ventured into the woods ... National Park and Isle Royale National Park. A statue of St. Francis of Assisi and a wolf is seen May 30, 2015, in the town of Gubbio, Italy.

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 ...

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 ...

Christopher Collins, the vice president for mission at the University of St. Thomas, said as he headed to a mass on Ash Wednesday, the beginning of a Lenten season in which Pope Francis, 88 and ailing ...

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.

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 ...

People attend a rosary prayer with ... 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 ...