Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost, is a Chicago native and the first North American to assume the papacy.

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The Synod of the Diocese of the Murray of the Anglican Church of Australia lodged their proposed plans to the Onkaparinga Council, to build a new St Francis of Assisi Anglican Church. It would ...

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (NEWS10)– Plans for a redevelopment project at the former St. Clare’s Hospital have moved forward in Schenectady. According to the Schenectady County Metroplex Development ...

Earth Day environmental activists defaced Lower Manhattan’s iconic Charging Bull statue Tuesday ... Di Modica sculpture on Broadway near Morris St. in the Financial District.

In 1212, he helped establish a second order for women, called the Poor Ladies of San Damiano, later known as the Poor Clares, led by St Clare of Assisi. In 1224, while on retreat at Mount La Verna ...

When Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was anointed as the Pope, he chose to rename himself as Francis after St. Francis of Assisi ... dedicated to St. Clare, who embraced radical poverty to imitate ...

He was 88. Pope Francis died Monday. He was 88. His last public appearances, on Easter Sunday, were marked by a speech from the Loggia balcony and a meeting with crowds outside St. Peter’s Basilica.

The canonization Mass was to be held at St. Peter’s Square, but the faithful have been flocking to Assisi, Italy, where his body — wearing sneakers, jeans and a sweatshirt — lies in a shrine.

ASSISI, Italy (AP) — When he was chosen as the Catholic ... Across town is the Basilica di Santa Chiara, dedicated to St. Clare, who embraced radical poverty to imitate St. Francis. He made available ...

(Sun Photo by JIM LAHDE) One no-no, two no-no. On Thursday night two mid-Michigan softball players threw no-hitters in Clare senior Madison Jones and St. Louis sophomore Paige Luneack. Jones ...