Pope Francis has long advocated for immigrants, refugees, and the vulnerable—but the Church, like other institutions, may ...

Born in 1991, an Italian boy will be proclaimed the Catholic Church's first saint of the millennial generation on April 27.

More than six months ago, a two-alarm fire destroyed the roof and top floor of the beloved Saint Francis of Assisi School in ...

The University of Alabama and St. Francis of Assisi Catholic are mourning the loss of a student who made his mark in his short life.

For centuries, pilgrims came to Assisi to walk in the footsteps of a saint who preached to birds, embraced poverty and wandered the hills barefoot.But today, many arrive in search of a different model ...

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese tells the tale of St. Mary Magdalene, a once-demon-possessed woman who ...

With the upcoming canonization of its first millennial saint, the Catholic Church has turned to police in Italy to ...

Pilgrims have been pouring into this medieval hilltop town to venerate not only two of the Catholic Church’s most celebrated saints, Francis and Clare, but its newest — Carlo ...

Not an observant Catholic herself when ... of privilege is a parallel with St. Francis, to whom Acutis was so devoted that he asked to be buried in Assisi, said Fr. Enzo Fortunato, who spent ...

Laredo students shared a powerful retelling of Christ’s Passion during Lent, moving peers to reflect on sacrifice and the ...

ASSISI, Italy — Pilgrims have been pouring into this medieval hilltop town to venerate not only two of the Catholic Church’s most celebrated saints, Francis and Clare, but its newest — Carlo ...