St. Francis of Assisi, also known as "Father Francis," was an Italian religious figure and mystic from the 12th and 13th centuries, revered as the patron saint of animals and ecology. His life was ...

the blessing was conducted in remembrance of St. Francis of Assisi’s love for all creatures great and small on the Sunday closest to his feast day of Oct. 4. Refreshments for animals and their ...

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The Christian misfits did not lead comfortable lives. For this reason, among others, they tended to make others uncomfortable ...

a statue of St. Francis of Assisi remained completely intact “I do think there is a spiritual significance,” 5th grade teacher Blair Manzke tells PEOPLE The Pasadena Waldorf School was ...

Venerated in his lifetime, Saint Francis did not have to wait long for a monument to be erected in his honor. A basilica in Assisi was started in 1228. The painter Cimabue (also called Cenni di Pepo) ...

It was also Saint Francis of Assisi who first invited an ox and donkey to join this rustic pageant. The Gospel accounts do not explicitly place animals in the place of Jesus’s birth. Mary wraps ...