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) ...

The Dicastery for the Causes of Saints has promulgated a decree recognizing that five Spanish Franciscans were killed “in ...

When you meet a guy, for example, like Francis of Assisi. Genius or crackpot ... “valuing it,” as Saint Bonaventure wrote in his 13th-century Life of Saint Francis, “no more than dust ...

According to the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, at age 15 she felt the call to religious life and entered the Institute ...

She had a deep devotion to saints such as St. Francis of Assisi, St. Gemma Galgani, and St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus. Her spirituality, centered on the Eucharist and Mary, led her to help ...

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 ...

There's a tranquility to St. Francis that we all need right now,” Pasadena Waldorf School teacher Blair Manzke tells PEOPLE ...

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 ...

Likewise, Donal Cooper of Cambridge University wrote for the catalog, yet central ideas from his 2013 book, The Making of Assisi ... conversion. St. Francis began to suffer the stigmata in ...

A remarkable painting of St. Francis of Assisi is on display in the Indianapolis ... The painting is entitled ‘Saint Francis receives the stigmata’, and depicts the saint experiencing a ...