In fact, Francis incorporated his love of the beautiful game into his outlook as pope – for him, sport was a way to communicate with people from all backgrounds and all corners of the globe.

Chicago-native Cardinal Robert Prevost was announced as the new Pope on May 8, following Pope Francis’ death on April 21. The 69-year-old took the papal name Leo XIV. Since then, Catholics from ...

The world of sport is “a constellation of many stars,” Pope Francis told La Gazzetta dello Sport, the Italian daily sports newspaper, during a wide-ranging interview in January 2021. On April ...

8. Create a legacy of love . Pope Francis is loved for how he made people feel. He prioritized empathy and compassion. 787 Coffee is about more than coffee; it’s about connection and community.

Key quotes from Pope Francis's papacy. Thumbs Down - Environment - "The Earth, our home, is beginning to look more and more like an immense pile of filth" - from his June 2015 encyclical on the ...

Healthcare workers are called to heal others. Francis asked us to think about healing holistically -- not only to treat disease, but also to love our patients and to accept their love in return.

If a computer breaks it is a tragedy, but poverty, the needs and dramas of so many people end up being considered normal. Pope Francis, June 5, 2013, general audience, St. Peter’s Square ...

March 13, 2013— -- There's been some excited chatter that the new pope, Pope Francis of Argentina (formerly Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio), has made history as the first-ever non-European pope.