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

Toronto’s streets again become a vivid testament to Christ’s Passion as St. Francis of Assisi Parish carries on its long-standing Good Friday Procession, a Holy Week tradition in the downtown core for ...

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 ...

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 ...

Castaldo) "Come, Brother Wolf, I will not hurt you," Francis called, making the sign of the cross and speaking ... A statue of St. Francis of Assisi and a wolf is seen May 30, 2015, in the town ...

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 ...

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 ... with St. Francis, to whom Acutis was so devoted that he asked to be buried in Assisi, said the Rev ...

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 was also the first pope to choose Francis as his name, thus honoring St. Francis of Assisi, a 13th-century ... he recalled ...