A piece of cord once worn by St. Francis of Assisi will be at the Shrine of St. Anthony in Ellicott City for three days, including an outdoor, live Nativity prayer service.

By Hannah Brockhaus It’s a well-known origin story: how the young and wealthy Francis of Assisi freely abandoned his noble ...

Devotees of St. Francis of Assisi, the Italian friar and mystic who founded the Franciscan Order, have been telling stories and making images about him ever since his death in 1226. Gabriele Finaldi, ...

Saint Francis of Assisi, an important figure in the Roman Catholic Church, was born into a life of wealth and luxury but traded that for a life of poverty. The exchange was made after he reportedly ...

Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata (c. 1420) by Gentile da Fabriano (Wikimedia Commons) (OSV News) — Throughout 2024, Franciscans around the world commemorate the 800th anniversary of St. Francis of ...

St. Francis of Assisi Church, at 4700 Long Beach Blvd. in Brant Beach, has a new seasonal addition to the parish grounds: a life-size Nativity set, which, said The Rev. Francis DiSpigno, church pastor ...

This year marks the 800th anniversary of the hallowed Christmas Eve in 1223 when St. Francis of Assisi summoned the people of Greccio, Italy, to a manger he had arranged with straw and a breathing ox ...

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 ...

Students impacted by a fire this week at St. Francis of Assisi School in Delaware County will temporarily attend class at the old Saint Kevin School building in Springfield starting Monday, Oct. 21, ...