Artnet

Stolen Saint Francis Painting Returns to Mexican Church Decades After Theft

The painting hung in the Church of San Francisco de Assisi in Teotihuacán for more than two centuries, before vanishing in 2001. The painting of St Francis of Assisi painting being handed over at the ...
Sports Illustrated

Ashland at St. Francis DeSales — Game preview (Nov. 7, 2025, 7 p.m. ET)

Date/time: Friday, Nov. 7, 2025 — 7 p.m. Eastern (game listed in PST; converted to the local time in Columbus) Location: St. Francis DeSales — Columbus, Ohio ...
The Daily Beast

Saint’s Tomb to Be Unsealed After 800 Years for Ancient Ritual

The tomb of Saint Francis of Assisi will be unsealed to display his remains to the public for the first time in 800 years. According to Vatican News, with Pope Leo’s approval, Saint Francis’ bones ...
New York Post

Remains of history’s most beloved saint, St. Francis of Assisi, to be displayed in rare event

The relics of St. Francis of Assisi, one of the most beloved saints in history, will be put on display in Italy next year. Vatican News, the official outlet of the Vatican, reported the news on Oct. 4 ...
Indiatimes

Barks, purrs, and amens: St Francis of Assisi comes alive in Chicalim as pets line up for priest’s blessings

Panaji: The St Francis Xavier Church compound in Chicalim had an unusual gathering on Monday evening. There were dogs of different breeds, cats too, and at least one person stood expectantly with a ...
America Magazine

St. Francis of Assisi and my late uncle

Find today’s readings here. 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 and uncles would, on occasion, tell stories ...
Reuters

Italy's Meloni hails return of St. Francis Day as national holiday

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) - ...
cathstan.org

Saint Francis’s ‘Canticle of the Creatures’ at 800 endures as vision of redeemed creation

Eight centuries ago, Saint Francis of Assisi composed a poem that remains familiar today, inspiring hymns, art and the titles of two of the late Pope Francis’s teaching documents on integral ecology. ...
The Tablet

St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Academy Marks 75th Year With Parade in Astoria, Queens

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 ...
Washington Examiner

Pope declares 15-year-old computer programmer Carlo Acutis first millennial saint

Late computer programming Italian teenager Carlo Acutis became the first millennial saint on Sunday. Pope Leo XIV held Acutis’s canonization Mass on Sunday, making Acutis his first canonization during ...
WTOL

St. Francis de Sales School eyes ambitious growth for 70th anniversary

TOLEDO, Ohio — St. Francis de Sales School in west Toledo is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year, and it's looking to make big moves to expand athletic and educational opportunities on campus. ...