WE HAVE become accustomed to hearing the name of St Clare of Assisi alongside that of St Francis. Indeed, she referred to herself as his “little plant”. While she certainly flourished from the ...

Maybe that is part of their charisma, suggests Volker Leppin in his biography Francis of Assisi: The Life of a Restless Saint, newly translated after first being published in German. For a ...

a statue of St. Francis of Assisi remained completely intact “I do think there is a spiritual significance,” 5th grade teacher Blair Manzke tells PEOPLE The Pasadena Waldorf School was ...

If you're an architecture buff, take some time to check out the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, which was constructed beginning in 1869. Located a block east of the Santa Fe Plaza ...

Holy Virgin Mary, there is none like you among women born in the world. Daughter and handmaid of the heavenly Father, the almighty King, Mother of our most high Lord Jesus Christ, and Spouse of ...

Pope Francis arrives in a vehicle at St. Peter’s Square for the Jubilee ... freelance journalist with a professional communications background in the humanitarian aid and development sector ...

It shows the St. Francis of Assisi in a moment of divine revelation ... and even has Raphael in the background. The painting looks like it is set somewhere in ancient Rome as the structures ...

A favorite subject was Saint Francis of Assisi and nearly 50 paintings of the 13th-century ... the saint is painted standing or kneeling against either a dark background or landscape; sometimes his ...

The demand for clean water in McDowell County is but one element of a groundswell of community-based activism to reclaim and ...

Vatican City (CNN) — Pope Francis will go into the hospital in Rome for treatment for bronchitis and medical examinations, the Vatican said Friday, the latest in a string of ailments that have ...

(CNN) — Pope Francis has thanked the hospital and healthcare workers at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital in his Angelus prayer on Sunday, as he remains hospitalized while receiving treatment for ...

(CNN) — Pope Francis is in a “stable” clinical condition and rested well overnight as he continues receiving treatment for bronchitis at a hospital in Rome, the Vatican’s press office said ...