The Italian hilltown of Assisi is anticipating a visit from Pope Leo XIV during the special Jubilee Year of St. Francis as ...

Francis of Assisi, that lovable saint, was the subject of a very successful exhibition at the National Gallery in 2023. The exhibit I found most impressive was a sackcloth habit reputed to have been ...

On the 800th anniversary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi, founder of the Franciscan order, his body will be displayed ...

Brother Mark Lowery committed decades of his life to embracing people with addiction, including his own. The Brother Mark Lowery Resource Library is a way to keep his memory alive. It’s inside the ...

About 350,000 people have registered to venerate the relics of St. Francis of Assisi — the first public display of the bodily remains of the beloved saint.

NORRISTOWN — Parishioners, both former and current, of St. Francis of Assisi Parish and the Norristown community celebrated 100 years on Sunday, June 11, 2023 with a Jubilee Mass and services. The ...

It’s been said about Norristown, and I think this is pretty accurate, that if you throw a stone anywhere in town you’ll hit a church. Heck, people are now establishing churches in row homes – and I ...

GATES MILLS, Ohio -- The summer festival season is right around the corner. Ready to jump-start that season June 5-8 is the annual St. Francis of Assisi Family Festival. Scheduled for the parish ...

News of the death of Pope Francis came as a surprise to many, despite the pontiff’s recent health troubles. In Bend, clergy at St. Francis of Assisi Church remembered Francis as a humble and ...

ANN ARBOR, MI - Lent was always about two things growing up as a young Catholic -- giving up something I liked and not eating meat on Fridays. Yes, the spiritual meaning is deeper than that. It’s 40 ...

Pope Leo is expected to visit the Italian hilltown of Assisi as the city celebrates the 800th anniversary of the death of its most famous saint.