Go, therefore, and repair the house,” did God mean the dilapidated, bat-flitted, holes-in-the-roof church ... it,” as Saint Bonaventure wrote in his 13th-century Life of Saint Francis ...

Caught between his progressive inner circle and an influx of conservatism, the Holy Father should 'brace' himself for a ...

Every Jan. 24, the Catholic Church celebrates St. Francis de Sales, bishop of Geneva and doctor of the Church, known as “the saint of kindness.” He reportedly had a bad temper, but he relied ...