A scholar of global Catholicism writes how Francis has opened the church to the outside world in ways no pope had done before ...

So yes, I do consider it a spiritual symbol." Related: California Woman Flees Palisades Home 21 Years After Grandparents Lost Their Home in Wildfire (Exclusive) The St. Francis statue serves as a ...

Maybe that is part of their charisma, suggests Volker Leppin in his biography Francis of Assisi: The Life of a Restless Saint, newly translated after first being published in German. For a ...

Pope Francis is gravely ill. He is 88 years old and many years ago already lost part of one lung. Over the last few years, he ...

Holy Virgin Mary, there is none like you among women born in the world. Daughter and handmaid of the heavenly Father, the almighty King, Mother of our most high Lord Jesus Christ, and Spouse of ...

Monday marks Pope Francis’ 10th day in the hospital, making this equal to the longest hospitalization of his papacy.

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 ...

The changes Francis brought to the papacy were more than skin deep. He opened the church to the outside world in ways none of ...

The Pasadena Waldorf School was severely impacted by the devastating Eaton wildfire, but one item that miraculously survived is a statue of Saint Francis of Assisi ... it's the symbol of hope ...