Pope sends message to Argentine slum priests sick with coronavirus
- Jul 10, 2020
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Assisi summit to focus on pope’s challenge to ‘pathological’ economy
- Jun 27, 2020
The Assisi event, titled “The Economy of Francis,” scheduled for Nov. 19-21 is designed to bring together some 4,000 young advanced economics students, managers of social enterprises, Nobel Prize winners and officials from international organizations.
Once homeless himself, shelter director helping others turn lives around
- Jun 14, 2020
The St. Francis shelter serves the homeless in Tuscon.
Baltimore museum showcases medieval missal used by St. Francis of Assisi
- Feb 2, 2020
A missal that inspired St. Francis in 1208 is expected to inspire thousands of others as the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore places it on public display for the first time in 40 years Feb. 1 through May 31.
Spanish cardinal denounces spread of Black Friday sales to Europe
- Nov 29, 2019
As millions of Americans woke up the day after Thanksgiving ready to swamp stores and take advantage of the traditional sales, they probably don’t realize that “Black Friday” is now marked in countries around the world that don’t even celebrate the American holiday.
13th-century encounter points way to greater Christian-Muslim understanding
- Nov 10, 2019
Eight centuries ago, St. Francis of Assisi took a risk when he crossed the battlefield between Crusader and Muslim forces near Damietta, Egypt, desiring to meet Sultan al-Malik al-Kamil and preach his faith in Jesus Christ.
On feast of St. Francis, Pope joins Amazonians to plant tree at Vatican
- Oct 4, 2019
Pope Francis joined Amazonian church workers and indigenous people Oct. 4, the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, to plant a tree in the Vatican Gardens.
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