Jim Towey, president of Ave Maria University in Florida. (Credit: Photo courtesy to Crux.) ROME — When Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, a former papal envoy to the U.S., accused Pope Francis of ...

Marielena Stuart stood in the middle of a quiet street, 120 miles across the swamp from Miami, and stared down the black plastic barrel of a news camera. Behind her loomed a monstrous church, its ...

At the heart of Ave Maria is the picturesque Town Center, anchored by the stunning architecture of the Ave Maria Church and framed by the Ave Maria University campus. Visitors can take a free tour of ...

Ave Maria turns 20 in 2027. Calling itself a "big kind of small town," the town in unincorporated Collier County is on a growth path with thousands of homes planned, along with supporting commercial.