Born in the Castle of Xavier near Sanguesa, in Navarre, on April 7, 1506. Francis Xavier, a Basque nobleman, left his home at the age of 19 to study at the University of Paris. There he met Saint ...

St. Xavier remained the unanimous No. 1 team in this week’s Kentucky High School Boys Basketball Media Poll. The Tigers (11-2) didn’t play last week because of a snowstorm that hit Louisville.

One of Pope Francis’ lasting reforms will be his reshaping of the papacy to embrace simplicity and humility, as seen in his decisions to live in a Vatican guesthouse and carry his own briefcase ...

Pope Francis has increasingly shown his age in recent years, as he now almost always uses a wheelchair to move around and has occasional problems with breathlessness. At Christmas Eve Mass in St ...

Pope Francis fell Thursday and hurt his right arm, the Vatican said, just weeks after another apparent fall resulted in a bad bruise on his chin. Francis didn’t break his arm, but a sling was ...

He was born on Sept. 12, 1990, on St. Thomas, VI. He is preceded in death by his grandfathers, Euriel Browne and Hezekiah Francis; his grandmothers, Lorna Browne and Anita Mercer Bonelli ...

He's the first pope from Latin America, the first to take the name Francis and the first sitting ... in 2023 that he doesn't want to be buried at St. Peter's Basilica, the final resting place ...

Here are the columnist’s recommendations for Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, European leaders and even Pope Francis. Photo: Alessia Giuliani/IPA via ZUMA Press/Seth Wenig/pool ...

An introspective Pope Francis has divulged some of the behind-the-scenes dynamics of the secret 2013 conclave that elected him pope and the resistance he has encountered ever since, in his ...

Former Wisconsin defensive back Xavier Lucas, who UW refused to enter into the portal after he requested a transfer, is leaving the school for Miami, his attorney Darren Heitner told Yahoo Sports ...

The Little Sisters of St Francis (locally referred to as the Sisters of Nkonkonjeru) have started the New Year with even greater joy after getting 10 new life members. The religious institute has ...