Chris Packham has posed as St Francis of Assisi in a portrait celebrating him ... Originally commissioned by Radio Times magazine to mark Earth Day, it is the work of photographic artist Richard ...

G.K. Chesterton wrote of St. Francis of Assisi, “But after all ... On Sunday, the Pope’s last day on Earth, he met with Vice President JD Vance, squashing their public spat.

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 ... basilica on Christmas Day in 1538.

Every day, he used to say, he prayed the words of St. Thomas ... Laos, Papua New Guinea and Mali. Because many of the cardinals appointed by previous popes turned 80 during Francis’ papacy ...