After Carlo Acutis died at 15, he went viral and was hailed as ‘God’s influencer’. Now he is about to be canonised ...

Ascension Lutheran Church in Franklin Square offered a blessing for animals as part of the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi.

Wednesday during the Blessing of the Animals at St. Agnes School. On Sunday, at 3 p.m., St. Eustace Episcopal Church, 2450 ...

But St. Francis’ legacy is richer than just being a lover of all of God’s creation, human and animal alike. He founded an order of religious life in 1209 CE, today called the Franciscans, who take ...

It wasn’t exactly Noah’s Ark, but the parking lot of St. Patrick School in Newry was filled with dogs, geckos and even an ...

Catholic faithful took their pets to be blessed at the Saint Francis of Assisi church in Quito on Thursday. (AP Video: Cesar ...

Francis of Assisi born in 1181 and died in 1226 was an Italian religious man and poet, venerated as a saint by the Catholic ...

It was Alta the dog that knew before any of us that Bill Murphy was taking his final breath. St. Francis of Assisi said, "If ...

“We [Franciscans] were the original troubadours of God,” said the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal priest, known more ...

The saint of Friday, October 4th, is Saint Francis of Assisi, born with the name Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone in Assisi.

Cape Ann Thrift Shop at the Trinity Congregational Church UCC, 70 Middle St., Gloucester, now is open Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to noon.

DOGS, cats and guinea pigs are welcome in church this weekend – as a new priest in Gospel Oak is inviting parishioners to ...