For centuries, pilgrims came to Assisi to walk in the footsteps of a saint who preached to birds, embraced poverty and wandered the hills barefoot.But today, many arrive in search of a different model ...

Carrying the cross means more than bearing personal suffering -- it means stepping into the pain of others and walking beside them, Pope Francis wrote at the start of Holy Week."To carry the cross of ...

Lent gets its name from a word meaning "springtime," the time of year when the hours of daylight are lengthening and the sun ...

"Have a good Palm Sunday, have a good Holy Week," said the pope, speaking over applause and the cheers of the crowd.

New episodes of the exclusive Fox Nation series 'The Saints,' helmed by acclaimed Hollywood director Martin Scorsese, debut ...

Only 10 days are left until the end of Lent, an annual 40-day Christian period leading up to Good Friday and Easter Sunday.

He’s a near-saint of our time, who can show teens that it’s possible to love Jesus ... parallel with St. Francis, to whom Carlo was so devoted that he asked to be buried in Assisi, said ...

“He’s a near-saint of our time, who can show teens that it’s possible to love Jesus ... with St. Francis, to whom Acutis was so devoted that he asked to be buried in Assisi, said the Rev ...

He was also the first pope to choose Francis as his name, thus honoring St. Francis of Assisi, a 13th-century ... In a letter to US Bishops, he recalled that Jesus, Mary and Joseph had been ...

Pope Francis on Wednesday said doubts and uncertainties are not a reason to fear for those who seek Jesus’ guidance throughout life’s journey. “Nicodemus goes to Jesus at night: It is an ...

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 ...