According to the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, at age 15 she felt the call to religious life and entered the Institute ...
The Dicastery for the Causes of Saints has promulgated a decree recognizing that five Spanish Franciscans were killed “in ...
She had a deep devotion to saints such as St. Francis of Assisi, St. Gemma Galgani, and St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus. Her spirituality, centered on the Eucharist and Mary, led her to help ...
Venerated in his lifetime, Saint Francis did not have to wait long for a monument to be erected in his honor. A basilica in Assisi was started in 1228. The painter Cimabue (also called Cenni di Pepo) ...
A former altar boy of a Roman Catholic church in Passaic is seeking $50 million in a blistering lawsuit against a former friar and the church he served, claiming he was sexually abused and ...
121 x 91 cm. (47.6 x 35.8 in.) ...
The Christian misfits did not lead comfortable lives. For this reason, among others, they tended to make others uncomfortable ...
The painting is entitled ‘Saint Francis receives the stigmata’, and depicts the saint experiencing a vision as he prays. He sees Christ, bearing the wounds from his crucifixion, flying with an ...