Since 1625 Saint Isidore’s has played a key role in the formation of generations of Franciscan friars. It is also a symbolic touchstone for both the resident and visiting Irish in Rome ...

On the occasion of the Jubilee of Hope and the beginning of Lent, the miraculous crucifix at the Franciscan church of St Mary of Jesus (Ta’ Ġieżu) in Valletta is being taken to Gozo this week.

The season lasts for 40 days, ending during Holy Week, the final week before Easter. In the Roman Catholic Church, Lent ends on Holy Thursday, or April 17, 2025. For Protestant denominations, the last ...

According to the Franciscan Friars of the Province of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the practice of marking foreheads with ashes dates back to Roman Catholics in the 8th century. The ashes represent ...

As March begins, the warmer weather of spring and celebration of Easter, this year on Sunday, April 20, are on the way. However, before Easter is 40 days of Lent, one of the liturgical seasons of ...

In the morning, he received the Eucharist." Meanwhile, the Capuchin Franciscan friars will hold a rosary prayer for Pope Francis at St. Bonaventure Chapel inside the Solanus Casey Center in ...

The Capuchin Franciscan friars are a religious order within the Roman Catholic Church. Mary Ann Andrecovich of St. Clair Shores said she hopes Francis will remain the pope for a long time.

Seminarians in their white cassocks came chanting the “Ave Maria,” with emphasis on the second stanza. Franciscan friars strode in their brown hooded habits as part of Clergy and Citizens for Good ...

This devotion spread throughout Europe and was promulgated by the Franciscan friars in the 14th and 15th centuries. Eventually, the Stations of the Cross became an important catechetical tool ...

For over eight centuries, the Franciscan Friars have shared the difficult lives of Christians in the countries that make up the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land: Israel and Palestine ...