Eight hundred years ago, around the feast of the Triumph of the Cross (Sept. 14), Francis of Assisi received the “stigmata,” ...

Throughout 2024, Franciscans around the world commemorate the 800th anniversary of St. Francis of Assisi receiving the ...

Despite his best efforts, St. Francis couldn't hide the wounds nor the pain it caused from his fellow brothers.

On September 14, the Catholic Church marks the 800th anniversary of Saint Francis of Assisi’s stigmata, the first known in ...

Catholics know St. Francis is the patron saint of animals. So many of our parishes have a blessing of pets on or near his ...

Columnist: St. Francis chose a simple life, but one full of great love, seeing God’s Grace at work in unlikely places, as ...

The reversal of fortunes for the two Hamburg parishes was among a handful of similar situations across the eight-county ...

Overlooking Tuscany’s Casentino Valley in Italy, Father Massimo Fusarelli, minister general of the Franciscan Friars Minor ...

Leaders of the St. Francis of Assisi Catholic parish are ready to move into the next phase of their “Rebuild My Church” ...

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 ...

Big Red, the red-footed tortoise, wanders before the Blessing of the Animals event begins. St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Hurst holds an annual ‘blessing of the pets’ in honor of the patron saint ...

Crowds gathered on Sept, 17 in the Casentino Valley in Italy for the 800th anniversary celebration of St. Francis of Assisi ...