Around 1224 C.E., while recovering from an illness, St. Francis of Assisi penned one of the most celebrated hymns in the Christian faith. In “Canticle of the Creatures,” the founder of the Franciscan ...

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 frivolous ...

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — A west El Paso church will hold a Kermes this weekend to celebrate the feast of their church St. Francis of Assisi. The St. Francis of Assisi Church will hold its Kermes ...

On Oct. 4, Roman Catholics celebrate the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the Italian deacon who brought renewal to the Church through his decision to follow Jesus' words as literally as possible. In a ...

Giotto di Bondone, Scenes from the Life of Saint Francis, 4. Death and Ascension of St. Francis (Wikimedia Commons) St. Francis of Assisi continues to capture the imagination of Catholics like few ...

I am standing on an escarpment at a place called Denniston in New Zealand’s South Island. Cloud wreaths the sandstone pinnacles that jut into the abyss. St. Francis had his sacred mountains, and I ...

L-R: Maui akepa (Wikimedia Commons); St. Francis of Assisi from “Madonna Enthroned with the Child, St. Francis and four Angels,” a fresco by Giovanni Cimabue between 1278-80 (CNS Photo); Molokai ...