A hush reigned over the normally boisterous St. Peter’s Square on Monday as the faithful and the curious alike gathered at ...

The worldwide Good Friday collection for the Holy Land "is the principal source of financing" for the ministry of the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land, the friars said in a statement April 7.

A year ago, on April 20th, Siena College President Chuck Seifert, along with friars and members of the private college’s ...

As the Church prepares to celebrate Easter the Franciscan Custody of Holy Land urges Christians worldwide to contribute ...

For 50 years, the Teutopolis Monastery Museum has been telling the story of the Franciscan friars who lived there and the village’s early settlers. “These steps, walls and floors all tell a story,” ...

In Christian tradition, Good Friday is a day of sorrow, fasting and repentance. As with every Friday during Lent, Catholics ...

In Downtown Crossing on Tuesday, the Democratic mayoral hopeful laid out his plan to break "the vicious circle" of ...

As Catholics around the world mourn the passing of Pope Francis, in the Capital Region, a friar in residence at Siena College ...

On Good Friday, April 18, Catholics across the world will be asked to give to the Holy Land Collection, which is the main source of material support for Christians and the faith in the region. In 2024 ...

In 2016, retired Hollidaysburg-based leaders with Franciscan Friars of the Third Order Regular — Giles A. Schinelli, Robert J. D’Aversa, and Anthony M. Criscitelli — each were charged with ...