The relics of St. Francis of Assisi, one of the most beloved saints in history, will be put on display in Italy next year. Vatican News, the official outlet of the Vatican, reported the news on Oct. 4 ...

Students impacted by a fire this week at St. Francis of Assisi School in Delaware County will temporarily attend class at the old Saint Kevin School building in Springfield starting Monday, Oct. 21, ...

By Hannah Brockhaus It’s a well-known origin story: how the young and wealthy Francis of Assisi freely abandoned his noble ...

Eight centuries ago St. Francis of Assisi came to this hillside village to show the world that God chose to be born among the ...

Classes at St. Francis of Assisi School in Springfield, Delaware County, are canceled for the rest of the week after a fire destroyed the building Monday evening. The building has a gaping hole in the ...

When we think of capital-V Vice being conquered in an artwork, we tend to think of Saint Michael the Archangel spearing the dragon. We are less likely to imagine Saint Francis of Assisi, the ...

A multi-alarm blaze destroyed the St. Francis of Assisi School in Springfield Township on Monday, sending shock waves across the Delaware County community. Late Monday, fire crews were still on the ...

ASSISI, Italy — Pilgrims have been pouring into this medieval hilltop town to venerate not only two of the Catholic Church’s most celebrated saints, Francis and Clare, but its newest — Carlo Acutis, ...

The Springfield Fire Company released a statement on Tuesday regarding the multi-alarm blaze on Monday at the St. Francis of Assisi School on Saxer Avenue. Included in the statement was a reference to ...

This year marks the 800th anniversary of the hallowed Christmas Eve in 1223 when St. Francis of Assisi summoned the people of Greccio, Italy, to a manger he had arranged with straw and a breathing ox ...

St. Francis of Assisi Church, at 4700 Long Beach Blvd. in Brant Beach, has a new seasonal addition to the parish grounds: a life-size Nativity set, which, said The Rev. Francis DiSpigno, church pastor ...