ON February 7, 1945, under a cold winter sky, Yugoslav Partisans stormed the Franciscan Monastery at Siroki Brijeg in ...

2, 1942, arriving in Auschwitz a week later on Aug. 9, where they died together. The Order of Friars Minor Conventual (OFM) ...

A 26-year-old woman was killed and at least five people were injured when part of the ceiling of a Brazilian church famed for its ornate interior collapsed on 5.Footage from Sergio Batista shows the ...

Monday’s announcement paves the way for the beatification of the missionaries, who have been known collectively as the ...

Father Barry Schneider, age 80, of Shakopee, died peacefully on Sunday, Aug. 9, 2009. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, Aug. 12, at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Jordan, Minn. from 4-8 p.m ...

LORETTO — Coming from a loving family that didn’t have much money, Brother Shamus McGrenra of the Franciscan friars has ...

The custos serves as a unique provincial minister within the Franciscan order, leading a community of friars while also being ...

A 26-year-old woman was killed and at least five people were injured when part of the ceiling of a Brazilian church famed for its ornate interior collapsed on 5.The Civil Police of the state of Bahia ...

Bishop Dónal McKeown has urged people to join a Eucharistic Procession of the faithful from the Long Tower Church in Derry to ...