This handout photo, taken on Nov. 20, 2025, and released by Vatican Media, shows Pope Leo XIV (center) during his visit to ...

In a letter, the pope prayed to St. Francis, asking the saint's intercession "to give us the courage to build bridges where ...

Franciscan Ministries, a nonprofit Catholic senior living and care ministry, recently completed the renovation of the skilled ...

Pope Leo XIV has proclaimed a “Special Year of St. Francis” to commemorate the 800th anniversary of the saint’s death. During ...

At least 10 Catholic priests and a religious brother were among those who passed the 2025 Bar Examinations.  According to an ...

WT Cosgrave attempted to flatter Italian dictator Benito Mussolini in an effort to save a garden in Rome owned by Irish Franciscans from redevelopment. Cosgrave, then the president of the executive ...

GREENVILLE — We have a South Carolina native and former secretary of war to thank for the introduction of the holidays’ most popular flower. Joel Poinsett, who rose through the ranks to become U.S.

Joan Culver, BSN, RN, has been named chief nursing officer of Franciscan Health Olympia Fields in Illinois. Ms. Culver has worked in a variety of leadership roles at Mishawaka, Ind.-based Franciscan ...

MICHIGAN CITY — Franciscan Health is offering free cancer support groups in Northwest Indiana. The groups are available to patients and their caregivers and will run throughout 2026, according to a ...

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WAYNE — The mother of all Catholic churches in the township has hit triple digits. Holy Cross R.C. Church, founded a century ago as a mission of Franciscan friars, celebrated its centennial with a ...

It’s been a precarious fall season for those who rely on social programs to put food on the table. During the government shutdown, millions of Americans lost access to SNAP benefits (formerly called ...