Morton struck twice midway through the second half to ease into the Class 2A state final following its 4-1 victory over St. Francis Friday afternoon at Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium on the campus of North ...

Chester Simonds, 80. From the days of his youth, Chester was most at home by the water, either out on a boat or on the banks, ...

Obituaries published from the Schuylkill County area.

I have always believed that an elegant lifestyle can be learned. Not in the superficial sense of simply buying beautiful ...

As the pope was greeting visitors in the popemobile during his Wednesday general audience in St. Peter’s Square, students ...

Allentown Bishop Alfred Schlert has announced new clergy assignments for the diocese. The annual assignments are made to meet the needs of the diocese’s 78 parishes as well as to fill position at ...

Giving the young Saint Clare of Assisi a contemporary voice reframes her as a relatable woman whose concerns mirror those of the present day. Annapolis, Maryland, may be steeped in Colonial and ...

Your browser does not support the audio element. On Feb. 7, the Poor Clare Monastery in Andover was a place of joy, warmth, and happy smiles as people gathered in the ...

ASSISI, Italy (AP) — Already, nearly 400,000 people have registered to pray before the relics and Stoppini estimates the number could well reach a half-million before the bones go back into their tomb ...

The remains of St. Francis of Assisi have gone on public display for the first time, marking 800 years since the saint’s death. The skeleton of the saint was exhumed from its sarcophagus in the crypt ...

Pilgrims leave after they honored the bones of St. Francis during the first public display inside the St. Francis Basilica, marking the 800th anniversary of the saint’s death, in Assisi, Italy, Sunday ...