The Hermitage of St. Francis is a little known sanctuary in Assisi that still preserves the spirit of St. Francis.

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Bergoglio is elected the 266th pope. He is the first Latin American and first Jesuit pope, and the first pope to take the name Francis, after St. Francis of Assisi.