This “purr-fectly” delightful event celebrates the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals and nature, ...

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 ...

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 ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis has added the feast day of St. Teresa of Kolkata, a “beacon of hope” and an example of loving service to the poorest of the poor, to the General Roman Calendar so ...

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 ...

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 ...

This man was St Francis. St Francis lived in the stunning hilltop town of Assisi (below). The skyline is now dominated by the Basilica of St Francis of Assisi, which houses St Francis’ tomb ...

Pope Francis repeated this in the brief catechesis that preceded the recitation of the Angelus today, Thursday, December 26, the feast of Saint Stephen, whom the Church celebrates as the "Protomartyr" ...

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 ...

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.