The funeral for Pope Francis will be held on Saturday, the Vatican said. Pope Francis, whose time as head of the Catholic Church was noted for humility and outreach efforts to people of disparate ...

Pope Francis passed away at the Vatican on April 21, after leading the Catholic faithful since March 2013. His election as pope was characterized by firsts: He was the first man from outside of Europe ...

CUTLINES - BROOKLINE, Mass. - At the entrance to the Putterham Meadows golf course stands a statue of 1913 U.S. Open champion Francis Ouimet. Also in bronze, dwarfed by the bag he carries, is the ...

Ten Massachusetts golfers, among them Francis Ouimet, stood their ground on the Myopia links at Hamilton, Mass. First they beat off ten invading Pennsylvanians led by Max Marston, then ten New Yorkers ...

The New Captain Before a hushed audience of a thousand or more attentive golfers, Francis Ouimet stepped soberly up to the first tee of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club at St. Andrews, Scotland. It was ...

It would be ridiculous to call Francis Ouimet old. He is 38, walks with a limber stride and the voice in which he speaks with a clear Bostonian accent has not yet begun to crack or quaver. Nonetheless ...

At Brookline, Mass, is the country club where, in 1913, when he was 20, Francis Ouimet tied famed Harry Vardon and Ted Ray in his first U. S. Open championship, then beat them both in a momentous ...

When Richard Male’s iron shot from the 7th tee hit an apple tree, it stuck in the crotch, 15 ft. from the ground. He conceded the hole. When Reynolds Smith’s ball rolled into a hole made by one of ...

The Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund works with young golfers to sponsor their education as well as their careers in golf. 28,820 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you solve it faster ...

WHEN Francis Ouimet won the Amateur Championship last year, there was a general disposition on the part of newspaper writers to regard it as a fine stroke of luck for an elderly gentleman who ...

Everyone knows the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi, the burial place of the founder of the Franciscan order, as well as the basilica housing the Portiuncula. But few know the Eremo delle Carceri, a ...

The 58th annual Ouimet Memorial golf tournament shifts from Milton to Auburndale for the final round on Friday. Two of the North Shore’s best young golfers will be making the trip. Swampscott natives ...