Vatican cardinal exhorts faithful to channel St. Francis (not Pope Francis), convert others Cardinal Angelo Comastri has been a beautiful encouragement and witness to the Faith during these months of trial. May 29, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — Cardinal Angelo Comastri, the pope’s vicar for Vatican City, stated on May 28 that we need to recover the “courage” of Saint Francis of Assisi, who, in 1219, went to the Sultan of Egypt inviting him to believe in Jesus.” We should all have that courage and become missionaries, even unto death, the elderly cardinal added. Today, the last day of his daily Angelus...