The Argentinian pope is entering his fourth week of convalescence during which doctors have advised him to avoid crowds.

For centuries, pilgrims came to Assisi to walk in the footsteps of a saint who preached to birds, embraced poverty and wandered the hills barefoot.But today, many arrive in search of a different model ...

Gubbio was plagued by a fearsome wolf that was terrorizing the villagers, killing their livestock and even attacking people ... A statue of St. Francis of Assisi and a wolf is seen May 30 ...

ASSISI, Italy (AP ... Catholic Church’s most celebrated saints, Francis and Clare, but its newest — Carlo Acutis, the first millennial saint, who will be canonized on April 27.

That denial of privilege is a parallel with St. Francis, to whom Carlo was so devoted that he asked to be buried in Assisi ... that’s where people are, so he lives and brings the Gospel in ...