Renaissance painter’s fresco cycle depicting the life of the saint in Assisi, Italy, took an innovative, vibrant approach to ...

ASSISI, Italy (AP) — When he was chosen as the Catholic Church’s leader in 2013, Jorge Mario Bergolio chose Francis as his papal name. In 1182, Francis was born to a wealthy family in Assisi ...

Pope Francis honors St. Francis of Assisi's legacy of peace, poverty, and respect for creation in Assisi, Italy.

People pray in front of the body of Carlo Acutis, a 15-year-old Italian boy who died in 2006 of leukemia and beatified in 2020, in the Santa Maria Maggiore church in Assisi, Italy, Wednesday ...