When Jorge Mario Bergoglio became pope in 2013, he chose a name no pontiff had ever taken: Francis. It was inspired by St ...

Assisi has long been a place of pilgrimage, but these days the faithful come not for Saint Francis but for a tech-savvy teen soon to ...

ASSISI, Italy (AP) — Pilgrims have been pouring into this medieval hilltop town to venerate not only two of the Catholic Church’s most celebrated saints, Francis and Clare, but its newest — Carlo ...

St. Francis is the medieval Catholic saint whose spirituality focused on loving the poor, creation, and peace.

And St. Clare — dedicated to Clare of Assisi — was one of them. The mission church was originally housed within a rented home on Giffords Lane between Katan and Dewey avenues, according to ...

Pope Francis honors St. Francis of Assisi's legacy of peace, poverty, and respect for creation in Assisi, Italy.

They named their daughter Clare after Saint Clare of Assisi, Pope Francis’ cohort. They also named their dog Frankie after the pope himself. “Without him coming to Philadelphia, both of our ...

Though reducing his schedule, in part due to health concerns, 83-year-old Grabowsky will be in residence at Saint Clare of Assisi Catholic Church, Saint Clair. Allentown Bishop Alfred A.

The bishop of Assisi, author of a book on the links between Carlo, Francis and Saint Clare of Assisi — one of the first followers of Francis — said he hoped the canonisation would attract a ...