claim: says pope francis "took the name of a saint who basically reached out to muslims."
author: matthew dowd
evidence_1: sep 20, 2015 ... the gop front-runner taking heat for what he didn't say. ... you are looking live at  cuba, pope francis there this morning ahead of his first ...... and then the other  thing, george, i think is fascinating is he took the name of a saint...  stephanopoulos: right. dowd: -- who basically reached out to muslims.
evidence_2: sep 23, 2015 ... most of the conversation about pope francis' historic speech ... lawn of the white  house is centered on what he said about being from an immigrant ... "he took the  name of a saint who basically reached out to muslims," said ...
evidence_3: apr 16, 2018 ... for pope francis's progressive supporters, this was the latest sign of a ... of his  ascension to the office, but he still seems fundamentally new. ... even his chosen  name—he's the first pope to name himself francis, after st. francis of ... of the  church, saying, in a pun on the greek meaning of peter's name, ...
evidence_4: says pope francis "took the name of a saint who basically reached out to  muslims." ... says president barack obama "has lost more members of the house  and ...
evidence_5: apr 21, 2017 ... pope francis will be in egypt for two days beginning on april 28. ... it always says , the church has great esteem for muslims. it talks about ...