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The Capuchin Franciscan friar founded Dublin’s Capuchin Day Centre in 1969 to help the homeless.

From Biennale visits to calls for restitution, the late Pope Francis left an indelible mark on contemporary art and cultural ethics.

The Italian teenager Carlo Acutis, who died in 2006 of a rare form of leukemia at age 15, will soon become the Catholic Church’s first “millennial saint.”

THE Christmas crib is 800 years old. That’s right, the Nativity scene with ox, ass and manger wasn’t always a thing. It was the genius idea of St Francis of Assisi, who had returned from the Holy Land and thought to himself that the landscape around Greccio, near Assisi, was…

Eight years have elapsed since Pope Francis released “Laudato Si,” his encyclical urging “care for our common home.” Though hailed as an eloquent plea to protect the environment, climate change was just one part of the pope’s message, from encouraging solidarity with the poor to criticizing “blind confidence” in technology.

Francis also defends climate protesters and calls on governments to make Cop28 in Dubai a turning point

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An excellent exploration of representations of the saint by artists from Caravaggio to Antony Gormley

It’s just one room of works on paper but this exhibition is rich and intriguing