WE HAVE become accustomed to hearing the name of St Clare of Assisi alongside that of St Francis. Indeed, she referred to herself as his “little plant”. While she certainly flourished from the ...

If you're an architecture buff, take some time to check out the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, which was constructed beginning in 1869. Located a block east of the Santa Fe Plaza ...

“Not just the Vatican, but the churches associated with St. Francis of Assisi, and all the major shrines of Italy. During that time, I had a chance to meet Pope Francis personally as wel ...

The people of Lucera were known to compare him with St. Francis of Assisi, from whom he derived his name. He died in 1742 and was canonized in 1986.

where she attended grade school at St. Francis of Assisi. After graduating from Mount St. Joseph Academy in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, she attended nursing school at Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital in ...

and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

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 ...

But one radical misfit in particular, Francis of Assisi, seems to loom larger—and provoke greater fascination—than any other. His life story, shrouded in legend, continues to inspire many ...

For a week in 1964, the jail was the epicenter of America's civil rights movement, as Martin Luther King Jr. and several ...

ST. LOUIS — Mayor Tishaura O. Jones is calling for an investigation into a Friday incident in which the city’s newly elected ...

Pope Francis waves to people visiting St. Peter's Square in the Vatican in October 2022. Vincenzo Pinto/AFP/Getty Images Francis, seen at left with his brother Oscar, was born on December 17, 1936.