VATICAN CITY – The world's top Christian leaders — Pope Francis, the archbishop of Canterbury and the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians — will come together later this month to pray ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- A religious order in New York is offering what you could call "faith at your fingertips." The Franciscan Friars are now accepting prayer requests by text message. At the church ...

This month’s meeting of world religious leaders in Assisi will downplay prayer as a feature of the event and will not contain inter-religious prayers. “The emphasis this time is on pilgrimage and not ...

Pope Francis speaks at the St. Maria of Angels Basilica, in Assisi, Italy, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016. The pope traveled briefly to Assisi on Thursday to pray at tiny church within the basilica that is ...

VATICAN CITY-- Pope Benedict XVI and representatives of the world's major religions will make speeches and sign a common commitment to peace when they meet in Assisi in October, but they will not pray ...

If you have men who will exclude any of God’s creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men. – St. Francis of Assisi Back in the day ...

The Catholic Church celebrates the feast of St. Francis of Assisi every year on Oct. 4. Known as the patron saint of animals ...

Video show pets such as dogs, cats and even horses visit the Catholic ceremony for the Blessing of the Animals on St. Francis Day.

Pope Francis salutes Syriac Orthodox Patriarch Cyril Aphrem Karim, as he arrives to the Sacro Convento of Assisi, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016. Pope Francis has chatted with leaders and ...

I never met my Uncle Jamie. He died in 1963, well before I was born. He was my father’s eldest brother. Growing up, my aunts ...

St. Francis of Assisi's remains will be displayed at his basilica in Italy during 2026 to commemorate 800 years since the ...