Actor Shia LaBeouf has converted to Catholicism after being confirmed on New Year's Eve at a Mass presided over by Capuchin Franciscan friars. The Capuchin Franciscans-Western America Province ...

What began as charity at home has crossed an ocean and a continent to war-torn Ukraine, where money raised by a Manhattan ministry is feeding and sheltering refugees. In the darkest days of the ...

The Franciscan Friars of California announced this week that they have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy over dozens of sexual abuse allegations filed against the religious order. The Franciscans of the ...

For the first time in over 54 years, the Franciscan friars of the Custody of the Holy Land were able to offer Mass on their property at the site of Christ's baptism, located in the West Bank. The Mass ...

HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa. – Three Franciscan friars charged with allowing a suspected sexual predator to hold jobs where he molested more than 100 children surrendered Friday in Pennsylvania, where they were ...

Seven Native American tribes in Arizona and New Mexico should soon receive official notice explaining how tribal members who are clergy sex abuse survivors can file claims against the Franciscan ...

Franciscan friars pray during Mass July 3, 2021, at the opening of the Order of Friars Minor's general chapter, a gathering in Rome of 116 Franciscan leaders and delegates representing some 13,000 ...