Participants dressing up in feather garments are known as “promisers.” As part of the rituals, they cover their faces, ...

The Hermitage of St. Francis is a little known sanctuary in Assisi that still preserves the spirit of St. Francis.

The rainy weather did not prevent Blanca Servín from dressing her 7-year-old son like a bird. They joined a procession honoring St. Francis Solanus, the patron saint of a ...

More than 25,000 devotees gathered at St Anne's Church here on Saturday (July 26) to mark the annual St Anne's Novena and ...

St. Francis of Assisi, like so many young people today, had experienced the ravages of war, spent time as a prisoner and came out of that trauma seeking something deeper in his life. He hungered for ...

At the International Junior Masters, St. Francis' Jack Tebeau beat Cole Jones of St. Mary's' to advance to semifinals, while Elliana Buhagiar hit a hole-in-one on her way to the semifinal round.

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As the Solemn Novena to St. Ann enters its second century, the faithful will celebrate a message that “hope never fails” as they make their annual pilgrimage to West Scranton this week. With its ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Sunday celebrated a special feast day traditionally used by the Catholic Church to drum up donations from the faithful, with the Vatican under the first American pope ...

Pope Leo XIV is marking a feast day as the Vatican launches a new campaign to boost donations from the faithful.