The 14 soon-to-be saints each exemplified heroic virtue and witnessed to holiness within their unique vocations, including ...

This World Mission Sunday, Pope Francis will canonize 14 new saints in St. Peter’s Square, and he wants people to get ...

The celebration of World Mission Sunday is a popular day for a pope to canonize new saints -- not only those who ministered or gave up their lives in lands traditionally known as ...

In confirmation, the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit are increased within a soul: wisdom, understanding, knowledge, counsel, ...

The parking lot of St. Joseph Catholic School was filled with students, parents, parishioners, and pets gathered to celebrate ...

St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) October 4th is the feast day for St. Francis of Assisi, patron saint of animals, Italy, San ...

Some eight centuries after St. Francis of Assisi composed "Creatures of the Canticle," the manuscript is making its first ...

A fire on Friday devastated St. Anthony of Padua Church and a Franciscan convent in the city of Iquique, Chile. The prosecutor’s office has not ruled out arson. “We are facing here such a ...

A member of the congregation of the Franciscan Apostolic Sisters has been recognized for her work with the indigenous people in Cagayan province, according to a report posted on the Catholic Bishops' ...

A primary care and sports medicine physician has joined Franciscan Physician Network in Michigan City. The physician Thomas ...

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