Francis of Assisi: the Life of a Restless Saint by Volker Leppin It is curious that no previous pope had taken the name of such an influential figure, although there has never been a pope Dominic ...

That denial of privilege is a parallel with St. Francis, to whom Acutis was so devoted that he asked to be buried in Assisi, said the Rev. Enzo Fortunato, who spent most of his religious career ...

Saint Francis (Pa.) plans to reclassify from Division I to Division III, the school announced Tuesday, just one week after its men’s basketball team was bounced from the NCAA Tournament in a ...

were gifted to the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for their retirement home, Assisi House in Aston, by a visiting priest. Since then, the elder sisters have cherished their feathered ...

In the following year, he became the parish vicar of Saint Francis of Assisi in Talisay. He was also the spiritual director of Holy Trinity College Seminary and prefect of discipline and procurator of ...

That denial of privilege is a parallel with St. Francis, to whom Acutis was so devoted that he asked to be buried in Assisi, said the Rev. Enzo Fortunato, who spent most of his religious career ...

ASSISI, Italy (AP ... Catholic Church’s most celebrated saints, Francis and Clare, but its newest — Carlo Acutis, the first millennial saint, who will be canonized on April 27.

This is Pope Francis’ prayer intention for the month of April New Jersey bookkeeper accused of stealing nearly $300,000 from 2 parishes Pope Francis says he has experienced ‘Christian joy ...

PITTSBURGH — Saint Francis University was one of the Cinderella stories of the NCAA Tournament. The Red Flash had a losing record but got hot at the right time to win the Northeast Conference ...

On Feb. 19, Saint Francis was a 10-17 team toiling in the bottom half of the Northeast Conference. On Tuesday night, it pulled a stunner and did something that will live forever at the tiny school ...