Cardinal Radcliffe said he believed the church needed a “man of encounter” like Pope Francis and that he is “confident that we will be given the person that we need at this moment.” Jonathan Luxmoore ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. My personal style signifiers are pretty casual and consistent: my tortoiseshell glasses – I’ve worn ...

inspired by St. Francis of Assisi, the creator of the first living Nativity in Greccio, Italy, in 1223. Nativity scene commissioned by Pope Nicholas IV in 1292. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA Statue ...

When the Roman Catholic College of Cardinals convenes in Vatican City's Sistine Chapel in May to choose a successor to Pope Francis ... a short sabbatical in Oxford, England, Pope Benedict ...

The leader of Catholics in England and Wales ... and strengthen.” Francis had emerged from his convalescence on Easter Sunday to bless the thousands of people in St Peter’s Square in Vatican ...

A votive statue of Italy's patron saint ... Dora Pell, a 75-year-old pilgrim from England, went walking in the woods around Assisi beloved by St. Francis and called it as moving as sitting by his tomb ...

Most of Oxford's attractions ... in the late Middle Ages, England’s wealth came from wool, and was used to build and adorn magnificent churches. St John the Baptist is a gem, while the high ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — A statue of one of St. Paul's most famous sons was stolen from the capital city earlier this month, police say. The statue of a young F. Scott Fitzgerald, author of high school ...

The Pasadena Waldorf School was severely impacted by the devastating Eaton wildfire, but one item that miraculously survived is a statue of Saint Francis of Assisi. The statue remained intact even ...

The Eaton wildfire, which has burned 14,021 acres, severely damaged a campus at Pasadena Waldorf School Miraculously, a statue of St. Francis of Assisi remained completely intact “I do think there is ...

It is the experience of actually living in England. Experiencing the life of a student at Oxford, the most famous university on earth. Alums often say it was the greatest experience of their years at ...