It was the first and only time the St. Francis Lancers won the state championship ... starring on the boys basketball and football teams, before making the tough decision to move to California ...

Former St. Francis standout Matt Jaworski is one of a handful of local football players who could be drafted by NFL teams or ...

or “Saint Right Away!” — and it still took nine years, and Francis’s election, before the Polish-born pontiff, along with predecessor Pope John XXIII, were declared saints. Francis ...

Francis. It was inspired by St Francis of Assisi - the saint of the poor, the humble and the earth. From day one, Pope Francis lived by the name. He skipped the lavish Vatican residence for a ...

CIF state championship soccer is on the docket for the first time in 2026, and Bay Area coaches are excited to test ...

BUENOS AIRES: Pope Francis’ passion for football was evident throughout his pontificate. A lifelong supporter of Argentine club San Lorenzo, he agreed with those who describe football as the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Thousands of young people from around the world had come to Rome expecting to rejoice this weekend in the canonization of the first millennial saint during the Vatican’s ...

(Marco Bertorello/AFP/Getty Images) 0 min Pope Francis has been buried at the Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica in Rome, after his funeral Mass drew an estimated 250,000 people to St. Peter’s Basili ...

Pope Francis, the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church, will be buried Saturday at the Basilica of Saint Mary Major after dying one week ago at 88 years old. Francis, who took his name after ...

1 of 28 The coffin of Pope Francis arrives at St. Mary Major Basilica for his burial ceremony, in Rome, Saturday, April 26, 2025. The chapel next to where Francis was being buried is home to a ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- World dignitaries and Catholic faithful attended Pope Francis' funeral in St. Peter's Square on Saturday. Despite the presence of presidents and princes, prisoners and migrants ...

Infantino spoke from St. Peter’s Square, where he attended Pope Francis’ funeral this morning. “It was a special relationship, also between Pope Francis and football. He was a big football ...