The friars began praying every day in a “perpetual novena” before the statue, a spot known today as “St. Anthony’s corner.” They dedicate their prayers to the petitions they receive from the faithful.

With her mother in the hospital for the second time in a matter of weeks, Aime O’Donovan felt the understandable need to connect with a higher being. So she reached for her cellphone and tapped out a ...

Sri Lanka’s St. Anthony’s church partially opened for worship Tuesday even as security forces were rebuilding a shrine inside following the Easter suicide bombing. The faithful were allowed into a ...

The widespread popularity of St. Anthony of Padua, whose feast is celebrated in the Catholic Church on June 13, can be traced to his efforts of reaching out as a neighbor to all peoples, according to ...

St. Anthony of Padua Church in New Bedford will be host to the International Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Our Lady of Fatima from April 29 to May 1. St. Anthony’s is the only church in the Fall River ...

SPRINGFIELD - A prayer service marking the receiving of the St. Anthony of Padua relic, by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield, will be held at 8:30 a.m. on Sept. 6, at the Cathedral of St.