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To many, he was known as "the doorkeeper," and they would share with him their personal struggles with faith, family, life's challenges.

Poor Clare, written by Chiara Atik and directed by Blanche McIntyre, tells the story of how Clare (Arsema Thomas) is influenced by fellow Assisi resident Francis (Freddy Carter) to abandon her life of ...

The pope celebrated the inaugural liturgy -- the formulary, or specific texts and prayers ... Francis and named for his 2015 ...

Pope Leo XIV holds his crosier as he celebrates Mass “for the care of creation” on the grounds of the Borgo Laudato Si’ ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass for the Care of Creation on the grounds of the Borgo Laudato Si’ ecology center in Castel ...

The vestments, created by the House of Hansen in former Cardinal Robert Prevost's hometown, were made of an ecclesiastical damask by the brand Da Vinci.

Brother Kevin Crowley, the founder of the Capuchin Day Centre, has died age 90. Brother Crowley, originally from Co Cork, is best known for founding the homelessness day centre in Dublin in 1969, ...

IN a statement announcing Br Kevin’s death on 2 July at Mount Desert nursing home in Cork, the Capuchins said he was known ...

While “The Saint Who Wore Sneakers” sounds like a summer Disney movie, it is a scenario being celebrated at a Northwest Side ...

There came a point where this play became as predictable as night follows day. Clare (Arsema Thomas), who was to become St ...

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