Between Amens — Have you heard of St. Michael’s Lent?
byWe’re all familiar with the official liturgical season of Lent that occurs in the springtime, leading us to Easter. Catholics know well the Lenten…
St. Francis
Buried in Assisi, new saint is ‘true disciple’ of St. Francis, rector says
byBy Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service ASSISI, Italy — Soon-to-be St. Carlo Acutis is a fresh “shoot” budding from the 800-year-old spiritual “vine” of…
Pope marks 800th anniversary of St. Francis of Assisi’s stigmata
byBy Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The wounds of Christ’s passion and death and the stigmata given to some Christians over the centuries…
Three books on St. Francis bring new scholarship to light
byBy Kathleen Finley Catholic News Service “Francis of Assisi: Messenger for Today’s World”…