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

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 ...

Gandhi’s Scant Garb Bars Audience with Pope.” So read the headline of a New York Times report, from December 13, 1931, that ...

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 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.

Critics say that the Archdiocese of Santa Fe’s roster of “credibly accused” priests should be longer — by 59 names — but the ...

A profound example is St. Francis of Assisi, who was once a merchant’s son, a man of privilege, and even seen as an eccentric by his contemporaries. However, through his deep spirituality ...

On the first anniversary of Haggai’s death, “John laid flowers on her grave, and prayed to the ... of the reasons he identified with St Francis of Assisi. When he became a tertiary Franciscan ...

Nine brief reflections asking St Francis of Assisi to pray for us and our world ... They are currently under grave risk given their fragile situation, often in remote locations far from government ...