A lawsuit stemming from a book banning policy in the St. Francis school district has been settled, and the books will return ...

St. Francis Area Schools has rolled back changes in its book review policy to settle two lawsuits brought by parents alleging the district unlawfully banned dozens of titles based on ratings on a ...

The Kite Runner.” “Me, Earl and the Dying Girl.” “The Handmaid’s Tale.” “Night.” These Books once removed from St. Francis Area Schools library shelves will be returning following the overturning ...

He thought of the Poor Man of Assisi. He recalled St. Francis’ love for the poor and his commitment to peace. In his exceptional compendium—for this book is more than a biography—on the life ...

say St. Francis’ motivation was more dovish. “He wanted to see the sultan because he was pained, and he felt guilty,” said Jon Sweeney, author of the new book, “Francis of Assisi In His ...

ST FRANCIS was Il Poverello—the little poor man. He was puny, wrote his first biographer Thomas di Celano, and his beard unkempt. In his youth he was the “ringleader” of Assisi’s vain and ...

St. Francis of Assisi, after whom Pope Francis has taken his name, captures the spirit of many Catholics because church history regards him as the pre-eminent figure passionate about imitating ...

Kenneth Baxter Wolf knows he’s taking on an icon. St. Francis of Assisi, writes the Pomona College historian, is arguably the most appealing saint ever produced by the Roman Catholic Church.

Fresco by Giotto of St. Francis of Assisi embracing the Child Jesus at Christmas Mass in Greccio in 1223, located in the Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in Assisi, Italy. (photo: Public domain ...

St. Francis of Assisi, after whom Pope Francis has taken his name, captures the spirit of many Catholics because church history regards him as the pre-eminent figure passionate about imitating ...