I'm hoping that a softer approach to these 40 days will help prepare me for the more difficult ones I know are coming.

By Jean-Benoît Harel Pope Francis was not scheduled to make any official appearances this Sunday, April 6.However, as Mass ...

I would very much have liked to be present with you to share this moment of faith and communion, but I am still in ...

The practicing choir are all members of the Marian Friars Minor, a religious order following a lifestyle St. Francis of Assisi established in 1223. Each wears close-cropped hair, a simple robe of ...

In an interview, the leader of Pope Francis’s medical team called it “a miracle” that the 88-year-old pontiff left the hospital, but said he needs to change his vigorous habits, at least for ...

Pope Francis gives an extraordinary urbi et orbi blessing from the entrance of St. Peter’s Basilica on March 27, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media During the special moment of prayer on March 27 ...

Thousands of letters have been arriving of late, all addressed to Pope Francis. (photo ... the faithful for their closeness and consoling prayers, saying: “I have recently received many messages ...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 26 – The Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur today met with the Malaysian Consultative Council for Islamic Organisations (Mapim) representatives, expressing his gratitude for their prayers ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Saint Francis’ Daemar Kelly (5) celebrates with ...

Pope Francis gestures as he appears at a window of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome on March 23, 2025. He has been treated there for bronchitis and bilateral pneumonia since Feb. 14.

Its simple yet profound message of ... to understand the creature's plight. Following prayer, Francis ventured into the woods to meet the wolf. St. Francis with Brother Wolf is depicted in the ...

Parents and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) have filed separate lawsuits against St. Francis Area Schools ... downs since God called us to this work in 2022, but after much prayer and ...