Rita's Italian Ice, Pa.'s favorite spot for Italian ice and gelati, is coming to the Franklin Street Social − and it's going to be open year round. According to an announcement from the Franklin ...

As federal agents hurled tear gas and pepper spray through the night sky at protesters outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding facility in Broadview, the Rev. Quincy Worthington ...

When James Schloegel took his vows as an Augustinian friar this summer, he knelt before the altar in a Chicago church, surrounded by friends, family, and fellow friars. At 32, he had spent years ...

The mother of St. Carlo Acutis, who died at age 15 in 2006 from leukemia, emphasized that being the mother of a saint is also ...

The Italian Parliament this week took a major step toward making the Oct. 4 feast of St. Francis of Assisi a national holiday. The Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of Italy’s Parliament, voted to ...

Parliament approves new holiday for patron saint of Italy Prime minister hails "extraordinary man" who unites Italians Holiday abolished in 1977 to save money, returns in 2026 ROME, Oct 1 (Reuters) - ...

Italy's lower house has backed a bill to reinstate a national holiday on 4 October in honour of St Francis of Assisi, which the government of Giorgia Meloni said was important to the nation's identity ...

An Oct. 11 fire severely damaged the 17th-century Bernaga Monastery outside of Milan in northern Italy, forcing 21 cloistered ...

COMMENTARY: Italy’s ‘Medically Assisted Reproduction Law’ remains the model legislation for the legal protection of children ...

St. Francis of Assisi's remains will be displayed at his basilica in Italy during 2026 to commemorate 800 years since the ...