â¢ CHILDBEARING (noun). The noun CHILDBEARING has 1 sense: 1. the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child. Familiarity information: CHILDBEARING used as a noun is very rare.
Life of Saint Francis Saint Francis was born in Assisi (Italy) in 1182. After squandering his youth away in having excessive fun, he converted, renounced his inheritance, and he offered himself totally to God.
Also Thursday, Francis said he intended to seek sainthood for Joseph Vaz, a Portuguese missionary to Sri Lanka who predated Serra by a couple of decades. The pontiff's announcement about Serra stoked speculation that he might add a visit to California to his scheduled trip this fall to the United States.