Mr. Grady, a Third Order Franciscan, sought to emulate St. Francis of Assisi’s lifelong fidelity to the Gospel by living simply and being a channel of the Lord’s peace through engaging in good work ...

HEATH − St. Leonard Catholic Church ... assumed by the parish of St. Francis de Sales,” Fernandes wrote in his decree of extinctive union. “The parish church of St. Leonard retains its ...

Speaking to Catholic pilgrims from Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, and Iceland on Feb. 3, the pope shared a special message ...

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

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) ...

Pope Francis said Monday ... for the Church in your lands, while small, is growing in numbers.” Despite a high level of secularization, the Catholic Church in the Nordic countries continues ...

St. Augustine's Catholic Dioceses celebrates 2025 Jubilee Festival of Artists and World of Culture Feb. 1 to March 16 at the ...

Our first Jesuit pope, Francis, resumed the reforms of the Second Vatican Council by challenging the church to go outside our ...

When you meet a guy, for example, like Francis of Assisi. Genius or crackpot ... holes-in-the-roof church in which Francis, at that moment, happened to be kneeling? Or did he mean the whole ...

Only one other pope in history, of the all 260+ who have sat on St Peter’s throne, had retired. If Francis had also ... that could have changed the Catholic church profoundly.

Two years after a devastating fire, a historic church in Kansas is rebuilt and rededicated, as the faithful rally to cover ...