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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Critics say that the Archdiocese of Santa Fe’s roster of “credibly accused” priests should be longer — by 59 names — but the church currently has no intention of adding them.

Source: Could an Englishman be Zimbabwe’s first saint? Is Zimbabwe on its way to having its first Catholic saint? And might ...

On the first day of his visit to Lebanon, the Cardinal Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development ...