On the 800th anniversary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi, founder of the Franciscan order, his body will be displayed ...

To understand what Jesus means by calling his disciples "the salt of the earth," St. Augustine said that we should keep in ...

A day before his installation as the 11th archbishop of New York, Archbishop Ronald A. Hicks gathered with the press in St. Patrick's Cathedral, a place known as "America's parish church," to share ...

Medieval texts and frescoes show how Francis of Assisi’s legends formed – and why his call to poverty and care for creation ...

By the measure of salt and light, we all fail at times. The history of Christians is as much a history of valiant holiness ...