The Baroque painter Francisco de Zurbarán is celebrated today as one of the greatest masters of the Spanish Golden Age. His ...

The Mississippi Supreme Court will not consider an appeal from a former Franciscan friar who was convicted ... while they were students at St. Francis of Assisi School in Greenwood.

known as the "Voice from Assisi", is a recording artist as well as a friar. He is particularly inspired by St Francis’ love of music and poetry and says it’s an important part of the friars ...

As part of local and regional synodal meetings for Franciscan friars, Franciscans share ... founded in 1209 by St. Francis of Assisi — with a long history of service to the poor, forgotten ...

Pope Francis has dissolved a Catholic religious community with members across South America and the United States, following ...

(Mark 16:15) In the early 13th century, it was St Francis of Assisi — an Italian mystic, poet, and Catholic friar, who came up with the idea of a live depiction of the nativity scene. There were ...

When you meet a guy, for example, like Francis of Assisi. Genius or crackpot ... a 14th-century collection of tales about the saint and his friars. It’s a beautiful book. Here we find Francis “raising ...

He then taught philosophy to younger friars, served as the guardian of ... The people of Lucera were known to compare him with St. Francis of Assisi, from whom he derived his name.