The great Gothic church of Santa Croce in Florence celebrates a remarkable anniversary this year. Exactly seven centuries ago ...

Just weeks after debt-laden France proposed axing two public holidays, Italy is proposing to add a new one in honour of Saint Francis and the pope who took his name.

Dublin priest Father Michael Collins charts Saint Carlo Acutis’s canonisation and the high-profile treatment it’s been given.

Acutis, who was born in 1991, was known for his deep Catholic faith and love of technology. He taught catechism, attended ...

This one was a little more normal. Austin Dillon won the Cook Out 400 at Richmond Raceway without controversy Saturday. He also claimed the race last year, but it came via a pair of chaotic last-lap ...

Today in History for Sept. 16: In 1224, during an extended period of prayer and fasting, it is said St. Francis of Assisi received the stigmata (Crucifixion scars of Jesus Christ) on Mount Alvernia, ...

Corey Stewart is the winner of James River Writers and Richmond magazine’s fifth Best Self-Published Novel contest.

After 40-plus years on the Godbeat, let me offer this observation: It’s extremely difficult to write about ancient, complex, ...

From then on, for the remainder of his life, Saint Francis lived with a vision of the natural world as redeemed in Jesus ...

St. Francis of Assisi composed a poem that remains familiar today, inspiring hymns, art and the titles of two of the late ...

In Rome, seeing priests, nuns and pilgrims is part of everyday life, but increasingly, they're spotted not just with rosaries ...

Pope Leo XIV has declared a 15-year-old computer whiz the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint. Carlo Acutis, who died in ...