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Is Pope Francis wrong on St. Francis?

The portrait of Saint Francis of Assisi as a precursor to modern inter-religious dialogue painted by Pope Francis in his new encyclical Fratelli Tutti does not do justice to the original, experts say. When St. Francis was asked by Sultan Malik-el-Kamil why he’d come to Egypt, the saint said it was to profess Christ and save the sultan’s soul. [1]