Many are familiar with Southern California’s Mission San Juan Capistrano as the place where the swallows return each spring, but few know the story of St. John of Capistrano, the Franciscan ...

s former St. John Capistrano church will have new life as office and training space for Lehigh Valley Community Mental Health Centers. The East Fourth Street church, built by Hungarian immigrants ...

On Oct. 23, the Catholic Church celebrates the life of St. John of Capistrano, a Franciscan priest whose life included a political career, extensive missionary journeys, efforts to reunite ...

St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church, a historically Slovenian church on East Fifth Street, also appealed its closure. That appeal remains undecided, Kerr said. The Vatican also has ruled that two ...

The heart of the city is famed Mission San Juan Capistrano, named for St. John of Capistrano, Italy, a theologian of the 14th century. It was established for a second time on Nov. 1, 1776 by ...