BEFORE anything else and apropos to the title, a brief silence and a solemn petition to God for Pope Francis, who is battling ...

In the Diocese of Rome, Cardinal Baldassare Reina urged parishes to hold an hour of silent adoration before Mass. In Pope ...

Pope get better soon!” and “Pope are you also afraid of syringes?” were among the tender sentences written under colourful ...

But Francis was also echoing St. Peter’s own recognition of his sinfulness, as he responded to Jesus when he first called him ...

The weather was cold. An icy mist hung in the air as we made our way across the quiet, sacred grounds. Most everything in the ...

Saint Francis de Sales Oratory (St. Louis, Missouri) — St. Francis de Sales mosaic. (Photo by Nheyob / CC BY-SA 4.0) Francis de Sales was born August 21, 1567, into a noble Savoyard family.

A Texas sanctuary an hour from Houston cares for wolves and wolf-dogs who can't be released back into the wild. Here's a ...

Source: Could an Englishman be Zimbabwe’s first saint? Is Zimbabwe on its way to having its first Catholic saint? And might ...

Pope Francis addresses pilgrims gathered for his ... in the Church’s evangelizing mission through a “communion of prayer and action.” “I urge all of you, children, young people, adults ...

Sarah Francis, 42, who owns four dogs, had previously received warnings about the aggressive nature of her dogs. Francis was sentenced at Newport Crown Court on Monday, February 3 to eight months ...

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 ...

VATICAN CITY — While many people around the world seek a blessing for their animals around the Oct. 4 feast of St. Francis of Assisi, in Italy the traditional date to pray for the protection of one’s ...