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Oct. 4, 2013 Pope Francis greets the crowd after his papal mass outside the St. Francis Basilica in Assisi, Italy. Francis visited Assisi for the first time Thursday to honor the saint whose name he adopted for a papacy aimed at promoting peace and helping the poor, the Vatican said. Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images