After a month since his election, Pope Leo XIV’s papacy is beginning to take an initial shape, with the Augustinian emphasis ...

He also continued to receive numerous commissions ... the Straw (‘The Michielsen Triptych’) (1618), The Prodigal Son (1618), The Last Communion of Francis of Assisi (1618-9), Christ on the Cross (‘Le ...

“To always be close to Jesus, that’s my life plan,” he wrote after receiving his First Holy Communion. The Italian teen was set ... Valeria’s mother went to Assisi to pray at Blessed Carlo Acutis’ ...

He allowed divorced and remarried Catholics to receive Holy Communion, and approved “blessings” for same-sex couples as well as baptism for transgender believers. Pope Francis stressed that ...

In life, Francis has eschewed the papal palace for a small guesthouse at the Vatican, modeling after his namesake St. Francis of Assisi ... people so they could receive Holy Community and have ...

By becoming the first pope in history to take on the papal name Francis, after St Francis of Assisi ... under certain circumstances, receive holy communion, proved to be his greatest controversy.

Jorge Mario Bergoglio, born in Argentina, chose Francis as his papal name in honour of Saint Francis of Assisi ... under certain circumstances, receive holy communion the backlash was such ...

WE HAVE become accustomed to hearing the name of St Clare of Assisi alongside that of St Francis ... instead, chose “a life of holy poverty and bodily want”. Crucial to understanding the theological ...

The order’s patron saint, Francis of Assisi, led a life of poverty ... Sister Philomena Clare DeHitta, whose ministry as vocations director is to facilitate the freedom to choose and ...

Pilgrims who visit these designated churches will also have the opportunity to receive a plenary indulgence, under the usual conditions: sacramental confession, Eucharistic communion, and prayer for ...