St. Francis of Assisi, also known as "Father Francis," was an Italian religious figure and mystic from the 12th and 13th centuries, revered as the patron saint of animals and ecology.

Four years ago, when I was speaking in Italy, I had the great opportunity to go to Assisi and visit the small church that St. Francis built. Below is a prayer I wrote while there which I have ...

Prayer by Saint Francis of Assisi. Holy Virgin Mary, there is none like you among women born in the world. Daughter and handmaid of the heavenly Father, the almighty King, ...

The Franciscan Friars are now accepting prayer requests by text message. At the church of St. Francis of Assisi in Midtown, don't let the old fashioned robes fool you.

In accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979, Mother Teresa said, “I always wonder that 400 to 500 years ago as St. Francis of Assisi composed this prayer, that they had the same difficulties that ...

St Francis of Assisi didn’t write much – and certainly not the prayer that Margaret Thatcher quoted outside No 10 Downing Street in 1979, “Where there is discord, may we bring harmony…”.

Assisi was the host city for the first Day of Prayer for Peace held on Oct. 27, 1986. Sixteen years later, the assembly in 2002 opened with the words, We have come to Assisi on a pilgrimage of peace.