St. Francis and St. Clare of Assisi; and St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus. The pontiff concluded by saying that pilgrims of hope are “children and young people who have encountered the Lord ...

If you're an architecture buff, take some time to check out the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, which was constructed beginning in 1869. Located a block east of the Santa Fe Plaza ...

Holy Virgin Mary, there is none like you among women born in the world. Daughter and handmaid of the heavenly Father, the almighty King, Mother of our most high Lord Jesus Christ, and Spouse of ...

Assisi celebrates Canticle of the Creatures. The pilgrimage town of Assisi in Italy's central Umbria region lights up at Christmas to mark the 800th anniversary of St Francis's best-known text, the ...

The bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccine, initially developed to provide protection against TB, also protects against leprosy; and the magnitude of this effect varies. Previous meta-analyses ...

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Health authorities have started a special drive to screen over 37,000 people at risk for leprosy in the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district under the Kusum programme.

Standard treatment for multibacillary leprosy is multidrug therapy consisting of dapsone, rifampicin, and clofazimine, with a recommended treatment duration of 12 months. 4 Challenges include ...

Using a 38-8 run to close out the final 10 minutes of the first half, the Terps cruised to a 111-57 shellacking of visiting Saint Francis Tuesday night before an announced 10,555 at Xfinity Center.

Pope Francis, who turns 88 on Dec. 17 ... of 85 and went on to live almost another decade as pope emeritus. Pope St. John Paul II was almost 85 when he died in 2005. The world is getting used ...

Pope Francis is seen opening a Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica to welcome the jubilee of 2016. Getty Images After that Christmas Eve ritual, Pope Francis will open a symbolic door inside the ...

Amid his renowned humility and devotion to St. Joseph, St. André Bessette’s role as a porter reveals his profound ...

The first-ever Iraq visit by a pope could've ended disastrously, but a foiled assassination plot has enabled Pope Francis to write about the event in retrospect. "Almost everyone advised me ...