The Feast of St. Francis of Assisi at St. Andrew’s Church, Bandra, turned into a truly touching celebration this year, uniting pets and their humans in an atmosphere of joy, gratitude, and ...

Oct. 4 is a traditional day in which some Catholic parishes will offer pet blessings and a feast in remembrance of St. Francis of Assisi. To find out if there are blessings or food being served in ...

Parliament approves new holiday for patron saint of Italy Prime minister hails "extraordinary man" who unites Italians Holiday abolished in 1977 to save money, returns in 2026 ROME, Oct 1 (Reuters) - ...

Italian senate gives green light to bill ahead of 800th anniversary of St Francis of Assisi. The Italian parliament has voted to reinstate 4 October as a national public holiday, restoring the day off ...

The Italian Parliament this week took a major step toward making the Oct. 4 feast of St. Francis of Assisi a national holiday. The Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of Italy’s Parliament, voted to ...

St. Clare’s pensioners move closer toward having their day in court. A pre-trial conference was held at the Schenectady County Courthouse Friday. Attorneys for both sides, the pensioners and the Roman ...

UPDATE (5:34 PM): The Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church released a statement Sunday regarding an incident at the church. In a post to Facebook, it happened during the 11:00 a.m. Mass when a ...

(OSV News) — Eight centuries ago, St. Francis of Assisi composed a poem that remains familiar today, inspiring hymns, art and the titles of two of the late Pope Francis’ teaching documents on integral ...

A hunter’s moon rises behind a statue of St. Francis of Assisi on the grounds of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion in Champion, Wis., Oct 8, 2022. OSV News photo/Sam Lucero, CNS Eight ...

ASTORIA — Olivia Dimare, a third grader at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Academy, usually begins her school day sitting at her classroom desk. But on Sept. 8, she started school outside — marching ...

ASSISI, Italy — In the silence of St. Mary Major Church in this central Italian hill town, a tour group of Polish teenagers files past a glass-sided tomb to look in on a child of their own age. His ...