To all, Francis offers a message of mercy. It is a message that has won him both praise and criticism.

France were big supporters of Mary, Queen of Scots, who Elizabeth had executed. Mary, Queen of Scots had been married to Francis II, King of France before he died so the French were supporters of ...

Eleven years later he was crowned Henry II of France. Unfortunately it was to ... Their eldest son Francis was proclaimed king, but died after less than a year. Then in 1560, their second son ...

The announcement immediately brought to mind the nighttime candlelit vigils in the piazza that preceded the 2005 death of St. John Paul II. Francis, who has double pneumonia and the early stages ...