In a letter, the pope prayed to St. Francis, asking the saint's intercession "to give us the courage to build bridges where the world raises up boundaries." ...

Fr. Elissandro Marcelo Caldas, the pastor of Toronto's St. Norbert’s Parish, received the unexpected honour to accompany a holy relic of St. Carlo Acutis from Assisi, Italy, to St. Michael’s Cathedral ...

Mayo Clinic recently purchased the sprawling campus and historic buildings of Assisi Heights in Northwest. State documents ...

Later this year, on Oct. 3, 2026, we will commemorate the 800th anniversary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi. As one of the most popular saints, revered within and beyond Christianity, Francis is ...

I work in a retreat centre, where people come to find space for quiet, for reflection, for rest. It’s an extraordinarily peaceful (and beautiful!) place.

Olympics, Republic anniversary, L’Aquila 2026 and Saint Francis converge in a single year, turning 2026 into a test of ...

This was not an easy post to write. It is tough to pick the 29 most beautiful cities in United States – there were so many ...

Rhine, the Franciscan Friars will close St. Francis Seraph, making it the latest victim of changing Catholic demographics ...

Archaeologists in Italy discovered a 2,000-year-old basilica linked to Vitruvius, the legendary Roman engineer and architect ...

The cardinal was baptized at the age of 9 by Blessed Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi, a Nigerian priest known for his holiness, ...

Archaeologists unearth the first physical evidence of a basilica designed by the legendary Roman architect Vitruvius.