Whereas Matthew’s version of the first beatitude is nuanced, “Blessed are the poor in spirit”, Luke’s is stark: “Blessed are ...

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 ...

A Texas sanctuary an hour from Houston cares for wolves and wolf-dogs who can't be released back into the wild. Here's a ...

U.S. bishops ask Pope Francis for prayers to build better immigration system Saint John Paul II National Shrine to host exhibit on the Shroud of Turin during Lent Liturgical Calendar Show this year ...

but one item that miraculously survived is a statue of Saint Francis of Assisi. The statue remained intact even as the rocks that surrounded it cracked during the fire, which destroyed the school ...

After achieving success as a grower, Martin opened his own winery in 1979 and named it for St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals and ecology. In 1998, St. Francis partnered with the ...

Guwahati: As many as 1040 participants from Kamrup metro assembly constituencies demonstrated their athletic abilities in ...

The release date coincides with Pope Francis’ canonization of Carlo Actuis, the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint, on ...

Alma Elizabeth Meagher, the matriarch of her family who led a Christmas gift and meal donation program, died Jan. 28. She was ...

When host Ken Jennings asked him how he started watching "Jeopardy!," Distefano, 40, recalled seeing the show for the first ...