{"id":849,"date":"2025-11-21T11:18:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T11:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ewtnromania.com\/2025\/11\/21\/pope-leo-xiv-prays-at-tomb-of-st-francis-of-assisi\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T11:18:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T11:18:37","slug":"pope-leo-xiv-prays-at-tomb-of-st-francis-of-assisi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ewtn.dk\/da\/2025\/11\/21\/pope-leo-xiv-prays-at-tomb-of-st-francis-of-assisi\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Leo XIV Prays at Tomb of St. Francis of Assisi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Q: Who is Pope Leo XIV?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A: Pope Leo XIV is the current pontiff who traveled to Assisi to meet with Italian bishops and honor St. Francis.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Q: What was the purpose of Pope Leo XIV&#8217;s visit to Assisi?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A: The Pope visited Assisi to pray at the tomb of St. Francis of Assisi and meet with Italian bishops, as part of celebrations for the eighth centenary of St. Francis&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Q: Where did Pope Leo XIV travel to within Assisi?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A: He visited the Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, the burial place of the saint, and later the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli to meet with bishops.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Q: What is the significance of St. Francis of Assisi?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A: St. Francis is known as the &#8220;saint of the poor&#8221; and the founder of the Franciscan order; he is also the patron saint of ecology.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Q: What other location did Pope Leo XIV visit after Assisi?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A: Pope Leo XIV traveled to Montefalco to celebrate Mass at the monastery of the Augustinian nuns, a significant spiritual center linked to St. Clare of Montefalco.<\/p>\n\nThis is a summary of the article from https:\/\/ewtnvatican.com\/articles\/pope-leo-xiv-prays-tomb-st-francis-assisi. Visit this link to view more.\r\n\r\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"vpMEsSeyQR\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ewtnvatican.com\/articles\/pope-leo-xiv-prays-tomb-st-francis-assisi\">Pope Leo XIV prays at tomb of St. Francis of Assisi<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Pope Leo XIV prays at tomb of St. Francis of Assisi&#8221; &#8212; EWTN Vatican\" src=\"https:\/\/ewtnvatican.com\/articles\/pope-leo-xiv-prays-tomb-st-francis-assisi\/embed#?secret=9P1yex7nvs#?secret=vpMEsSeyQR\" data-secret=\"vpMEsSeyQR\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: Who is Pope Leo XIV? A: Pope Leo XIV is the current pontiff who traveled to Assisi to meet with Italian bishops and honor St. Francis. Q: What was the purpose of Pope Leo XIV&#8217;s visit to Assisi? A: The Pope visited Assisi to pray at the tomb of St. Francis of Assisi and [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":854,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewtn.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewtn.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewtn.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewtn.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewtn.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ewtn.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewtn.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewtn.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewtn.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewtn.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}