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The World Day of Prayer for Creation marks the start of the ecumenical Season of Creation, which concludes Oct. 4, the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi, patron saint of ecology.

The message also called for prayers for the Christian communities in the Middle East, urged a solution to the crisis in Yemen and called for peace in Ukraine. Pope Francis is still recovering from ...

The legend of St. Francis and Brother Wolf is a story not of taming, but of cooperation and mutual understanding, writes Nancy F. Castaldo. The legend stands as a reminder that true peace comes ...

As Pope Francis condemned the mass killing of 50 worshippers at two New Zealand mosques and led a prayer for the victims on Sunday in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, some of the bodies of those ...

Pope Francis has died 03:09. Catholics from across Michigan and state officials have been sharing their memories and prayers in response to the announcement that Pope Francis died Monday morning.