St. Francis of Assisi Feast Day: Pope Francis Connection and The Meaning of the San Damiano Cross

Pope Francis greets the faithful crowding the square next to St. Francis basilica, in Assisi, Italy, Friday, Oct. 4, 2013. Pope Francis made a pilgrimage Friday to the hillside town of Assisi and the tomb of his namesake, St. Francis, the 13th-century friar who renounced a wealthy, dissolute lifestyle to embrace a life of poverty and minister to the most destitute. St. Francis was famously told by God to “repair my house.” (AP Photo/Pietro Crocchioni, Pool)

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