The Chronicle analyzed census data to see the typical demographics of households making $300,000 across major cities. San ...

For St. Francis of Assisi, following Christ meant imitating his humility and forsaking riches, power and status; the men who call themselves Franciscans today believe they are called to embrace the ...

Franciscans open general chapter focusing on diversity, evangelization Spirituality Vatican Franciscan friars pray during Mass July 3, 2021, at the opening of the Order of Friars Minor's general ...

For centuries there has been a rivalry between Jesuits and Franciscans, so when the new pope -- a Jesuit -- chose the name of the founder of the Franciscans, it raised a few eyebrows. Pope Francis ...

Today, we celebrate the feast day of St. Bonaventure — a saint sometimes referred to as the “second founder of the Franciscans.” I grew up in a parish served by Franciscan priests, so I’ve always had ...

Today is the feast of St. Robert Bellarmine (d. 1621), the important Jesuit bishop and theologian. Or is it? With all respect to my Jesuit brothers and the universal church, for whom today is the ...

The interior of the dome is seen in the Monastery Church at the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America in Washington June 27, 2019. (Credit: Sydney Clark/CNS.) Listen WASHINGTON, D.C. — ...

A woman holds her dog as Franciscan Father Patrick Tuttle, pastor of St. Anthony of Padua Church in Greenville, S.C., celebrates the annual pet blessing in October 2019. (Credit: CNS photo/courtesy St ...

WEST FARGO — On the night of her profession as a lay Franciscan in the small chapel at the back of Holy Cross Church, Diane Kelly’s contented soul beamed outwardly. “I was so joyful inside, and had ...

STEVENS POINT – The Franciscan Friars Assumption BVM Province, in consultation with the Catholic Diocese of La Crosse, recently started a unique venture in downtown Stevens Point. Franciscans Downtown ...