The Catholic Church celebrates the feast of St. Francis of Assisi every year on Oct. 4. Known as the patron saint of animals and ecology, the 13th-century Italian friar is often remembered for his ...

October is the day to remember St Francis of Assisi. It is also World Animal Day, and the day when some churches hold services to bless animals. This is the story ...

I never met my Uncle Jamie. He died in 1963, well before I was born. He was my father’s eldest brother. Growing up, my aunts and uncles would, on occasion, tell stories about Jamie. Pretty much all of ...

Legend has it that St. Francis of Assisi was tending his garden one day when someone stopped him to ask, “What would you do now if you were certain to die before sunset?” St. Francis paused, thought ...

A reader suggested that the death of Father Carmen Anthony Carlone in May 2020 set in motion the end of St. Francis Medical Center.

Oct. 4 will therefore be a public holiday in Italy starting in 2026, after having been a public holiday until 1977.

Panaji: The St Francis Xavier Church compound in Chicalim had an unusual gathering on Monday evening. There were dogs of different breeds, cats too, and at least one person stood expectantly with a ...

Italy's parliament voted on Wednesday to restore a national holiday in honour of St. Francis of Assisi, one of the country's patron saints, almost half a century after it was abolished.

Observed each October, the feast honors the patron saint of animals, whom San Francisco was named after, with blessings offered for pets of all kinds, from dogs and cats to birds and reptiles.

Tallahassee pet owners have two options for giving special love to their furry friends this weekend in honor of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals. Mission San Luis and St. John's ...

As Catholics joined Canadians nationwide in marking the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Sept. 30, and the following weekend in supporting the Church's Indigenous Reconciliation Fund (IRF) ...

Pope Leo continued the theme of poverty in his catechesis during the Oct. 4 Jubilee audience, reflecting on St. Luke’s account (16:13-14) of a group of Pharisees who loved money and sneered at Jesus’s ...