O Holy St. Anthony, gentlest of saints, your love for God and charity for his creatures made you worthy while on earth to possess miraculous powers. Miracles waited your word, which you were ever ...

The pope was speaking in the San Damaso Courtyard of the Apostolic Palace in his first Wednesday audience with the public since Oct. 28 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Pope Francis’ general audience ...

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.

Pushpa Costa had to wait for an hour before she could touch and kiss the statue of the “Miracle Saint,” St Anthony of Padua, on his annual feast day on Friday. For a quarter century she has made the ...