A Chicago family is grateful to have their baby back after she was saved by a good Samaritan after a thief stole the family ...

Earl Abernathy was stuck in traffic on Roosevelt near Ashland in Little Italy when he heard a noise. "I was sitting there, ...

"It really broke my heart," said Earl Abernathy, 33, who was driving on the Near West Side when he noticed the infant all alone after she was allegedly abandoned after a carjacking. "It's hot, there’s ...

Earl Abernathy found the 7-month-old abandoned in a car seat in front a Near West Side church as temperatures soared into the ...

St. Francis of Assisi Parish is making steady progress on plans for a new elementary school, and key partnerships are now in ...

St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church hosted a Fourth-of-July-themed bake sale on June 27 in the Village Green Mall. They had assortments of sweet and regular bread, pies, cookies, cakes, candies, ...

The Diocese of Tabasco in Mexico reported June 30 that one of its priests was wounded by gunfire while on his way to visit a ...

Saint Francis of Assisi, an important figure in the Roman Catholic Church, was born into a life of wealth and luxury but traded that for a life of poverty. The exchange was made after he ...

Editor's note: In 2020, NCR will examine Catholic church life across the United States, examining the struggles and successes of parish ministry. This story on St. Francis of Assisi Church in ...

Follow the steeples. Doing that one day, I came upon St. Francis of Assisi church, 1927 N. 4th St. I couldn't resist stopping in (unannounced).

St. Francis of Assisi, after whom Pope Francis has taken his name, captures the spirit of many Catholics because church history regards him as the pre-eminent figure passionate about imitating ...