Saint Francis of Assisi: Passion, Poverty & the Man Who Transformed the Church

All Christians know his name. Few truly know the man.

Francis of Assisi was not even five feet tall. He was not well educated. And yet he is the one saint commonly recognized as Alter Christus, the ;other Christ.; Francis is not just any saint—hes a saint for everyone, whatever your place or position in life. But do we really know him? Who was this man at his core? What was it that thrust this little man from a little town to the heights of sanctity, into a place of high honor among the cele...