Rhine, the Franciscan Friars will close St. Francis Seraph, making it the latest victim of changing Catholic demographics ...

The church, known for its basement burial crypts, is the original site of the oldest Catholic church in the Greater ...

HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa. (AP) – The Latest on a hearing to decide whether three Franciscan friars should stand trial on child endangerment and other charges for their role in supervising another friar ...

As part of local and regional synodal meetings for Franciscan friars, Franciscans share a laugh as they take part in a table exercise in Prior Lake, Minn., in October 2024, in which participants ...

A Roman Catholic charitable order in California filed for bankruptcy this week to ensure “just financial compensation” in nearly 100 lawsuits related to decade-old allegations of sexual abuse. The ...

The friars began praying every day in a “perpetual novena” before the statue, a spot known today as “St. Anthony’s corner.” They dedicate their prayers to the petitions they receive from the faithful.

Paul West, center, is escorted by deputies from the Leflore County Civic Center in Greenwood, Miss., on Wednesday, April 13, 2022, after a jury found him guilty of sexually abusing a student at St.

ST. LOUIS — “We are kind of monks on the move, so we live together but we are in the cities,” says Father Mark Mary. They are not exactly what you think of when you hear…Catholic monks. “We kind of ...