Saint Francis of Assisi was born in Italy in 1181 or 1182. He was born into wealth, and spent a lot of time drinking and partying during his youth.

Saint Francis of Assisi Inspired the Pope—and Me. They may be eight centuries old, but the words and acts of ecology’s patron saint resonate in this era of environmental crisis, one nature ...

The story of St. Francis starts in the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels, located in the modern town in the valley below Assisi. This marks the spot where Francis lived, worked, and died.

Naming Francis of Assisi as the patron saint of ecology came at the end of the 1970s, a decade that witnessed the birth of the modern environmental movement and began with the celebration of the ...

A second recent book about St. Francis, “Reluctant Saint: Francis of Assisi,” also is designed to transform the image of the saint from a pious religious icon to a three-dimensional historical ...

A woman touches a statue of Saint Francis of Assisi after a mass held in honor of Pope Francis on Thursday, March 14, 2013 at St. Peter's Cathedral in Scranton, Pa. (Butch Comegys/AP) ...

Reluctant Saint: Francis of Assisi Hallmark Channel Premieres April 13 (7 P.M. EST). Environmentalists believe that the salvation of the world lies in the preservation of an eco-sensitive Francis ...

Saint Francis of Assisi famously rejected wealth to pursue a simple, pious life ministering to the poor. Eight-hundred years later, Pope Francis ...

On July 4, the historic city of Assisi, nestled in the heart of Italy’s Umbria region, will host the international traveling ...

ASSISI, Italy — Pilgrims have been pouring into this medieval hilltop town to venerate not only two of the Catholic Church’s most celebrated saints, Francis and Clare, but its newest — Carlo ...