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 ...

(The Conversation) — Medieval monastics were often discouraged from owning companion animals, which were viewed as a distraction, a religion scholar explains. (The Conversation) — Each year, if you ...

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, ...

When we think of capital-V Vice being conquered in an artwork, we tend to think of Saint Michael the Archangel spearing the dragon. We are less likely to imagine Saint Francis of Assisi, the ...

What a profound honor to live during the 800th anniversary of the stigmata of St. Francis of Assisi! That a man like St. Francis would so love God as to receive Our Lord’s marks from the cross on his ...

Eight centuries ago St. Francis of Assisi came to this hillside village to show the world that God chose to be born among the ...

Classes at St. Francis of Assisi School in Springfield, Delaware County, are canceled for the rest of the week after a fire destroyed the building Monday evening. The building has a gaping hole in the ...

Dedicated to Saint Francis, the church was built by PIME missionaries called to this area of ​​Bangladesh by some Santals who ...