This year marks the 800th anniversary of St. Francis of Assisi's composition of the 'Canticle of the Creatures.' It's time we ...

Saint Francis of Assisi made many contributions to Christianity. Each year on October 4, many Catholic churches celebrate the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi.

The death of Pope Francis, head of the Roman Catholic Church around the world, is the main event in this week’s editorial cartoon gallery. In the lead image, Scott Stantis draws the pope dwarfed ...

To get in touch with the miraculous Francis, the folkloric Francis, read the Fioretti, or The Little Flowers of St. Francis, a 14th-century collection of tales about the saint and his friars.