In Wednesday's General Audience, Pope Benedict XVI spoke on the life and history of “one of the most popular saints of the Catholic Church,” St. Anthony of Padua, saying that his definition of prayer ...

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 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.

Let us therefore pray to our Lord Jesus Christ that he give us the grace to seek his Kingdom and to build within ourselves a moral Jerusalem. By doing this, we will be able to merit our place in the ...

Why does St. Anthony help us find things? Because he understands how it feels to lose something. In 1225, he was finishing his Commentary on the Psalms: "He naturally placed great value on a work ...

FALL RIVER — There will be a special day of Advent with prayer and reflection on Sunday, Dec. 10, beginning at 2 p.m. at St. Anthony of Padua Parish on Bedford Street in the parish hall. Guest Speaker ...

NEW BEDFORD — One hundred years ago, Father Hormisdas Deslauriers raised a chalice in celebration of the holy Mass at St. Anthony of Padua church on Acushnet Avenue. One hundred years later, Bishop ...