Pope Francis is welcomed by friars during his visit of the Eremo delle Carceri hermitage, near Assisi, Italy, Friday, Oct. 4, 2013. Pope Francis took a pilgrimage to his namesake's hometown Friday, urging the faithful to follow the example of the 13th-century St. Francis, who renounced a wealthy, dissolute lifestyle to embrace a life of poverty and service to the poor. St. Francis would pray in the small caves around the hermitage, which is in a forest along the slopes of Mount Subasio, some four kilometers (2.5 miles) from Assisi. (AP Photo/Andreas Solaro, pool)