Pope Francis has named a new bishop of the Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island, Bishop Bruce Alan Lewandowski, C.S.R., ...

ASTON — About seven years ago, Francis and Clare, a pair of budgie parakeets, were gifted to the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for their retirement home, Assisi House in Aston ...

For 50 years, the Teutopolis Monastery Museum has been telling the story of the Franciscan friars who lived there and the village’s early settlers. “These steps, walls and floors all tell a story,” ...

ASTON — The world premiere of “No Risk, No Gain: The Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia ... women in the congregation became hospital CEOs and college presidents, nursing professors ...

With some foresight and time travel, readers share what they would tell their younger selves about the past, present and ...

St Francis of Assisi by Nikos Kazantzakis. The session, which began with a presentation by Mariamma Panjikaran, former head of Department of English at SD College, Alappuzha, around 3 p.m., lasted ...

Italian prosecutors are investigating the illegal online sale of alleged relics of Blessed Carlo Acutis, who will be declared the first millennial saint next month. The investigation by the ...

Acutis, the 15-year-old computer programmer who died from leukemia in 2006, is often referred to as “the millennial saint” or ... Students on pilgrimage to Assisi.(Photo: Courtesy photo ...

Chainarong Monthienvichienchai, the author, stands in prayer before the glass tomb of Blessed Carlo Acutis at the Sanctuary ...

Pope Francis' surprise visit to St. Peter's Basilica to pray and see ongoing restoration work is a clear sign that his ...

Carrying the cross means more than bearing personal suffering -- it means stepping into the pain of others and walking beside ...