M ANITOWOC – Leaders of the St. Francis of Assisi Catholic parish are ready to move into the next phase of their “Rebuild My Church” initiative with construction of a new gathering space and ...

Police from multiple agencies responded to control crowds of 300-400 juveniles who moved into Mayfield Heights, prompting trespassing reports and business vandalism Saturday after the St. Francis ...

The Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi is ranked #4 out of 27 things to do in Santa Fe. See pictures and our review of The Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi.

In Bend, clergy at St. Francis of Assisi Church remembered Francis as a humble and compassionate leader, who set an example for others to follow. Francis died Monday at the age of 88, ...

The church is located some 18 miles west from Kraków, in Alwernia -- a town that got its name from the Tuscan La Verna. Polish nobleman Krzysztof Korycinski, devoted to St. Francis of Assisi ...

St. Francis of Assisi, born Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone around 1181 or 1182 in Assisi, Italy, is a prominent figure among Catholics. He was a renowned Italian mystic and poet who renounced ...

When I first saw Giotto’s fresco cycle “The Legend of St. Francis” in the upper church of the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi—a small Italian town two hours from Rome by train—I ...

In 1182, St. Francis was born to a wealthy family in Assisi, which rises above a fertile valley in central Italy. Praying in front of a crucifix, he is said to have heard a call to reform the church.

Pope Francis' death will now kick start the Catholic Church's elaborate and ... the first from the Americas, the first Jesuit and the first to take the name Francis, after St. Francis of Assisi.

MANITOWOC – Leaders of the St. Francis of Assisi Catholic parish are ready to move into the next phase of their “Rebuild My Church” initiative with construction of a new gathering space and ...