Her son and Francis’ nephew, José Bergoglio, said his family wouldn’t travel to Rome ... Italy as the Pope is buried in the Basilica of St. Mary Major — thanks to a private donor who ...

When he was elected in 2013, Pope Francis said he chose his name in honor of St. Francis ... on other family members are also not currently known. No. In accordance with modern canon law ...

The bells of St. Peter’s ... come after today.” Francis was a pope of many firsts – the first Latin American pontiff, the first of the Jesuit order and the first modern-day pope born outside ...

Saint Francis had already inspired ... He is the author of Electing the Pope in Early Modern Italy, 1450-1700. The ABC’s Religion and Ethics portal is home to religious reporting & analysis ...