And when the Pope visits the U.S. in September, he will canonize Junípero Serra, the majordomo of the California missions—St. Francis’s most controversial advance man. Francis of Assisi is up ...

Saint Francis of Assisi, an important figure in the Roman Catholic Church, was born into a life of wealth and luxury but traded that for a life of poverty. The exchange was made after he ...

Have a Burning Question of your own? Let us know. For Catholics, Oct. 4 is widely recognized as the feast of St. Francis of Assisi. Among the best-known and most venerated of the saints ...