Representatives from 16 world Communions gathered in Assisi from May 5-7, to discuss the development of a common liturgical ...

Antonia Salzano wasn't particularly religious until she saw faith through her son. Others can follow his example, she said ...

When I first saw Giotto’s fresco cycle “The Legend of St. Francis” in the upper church of the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi—a small Italian town two hours from Rome by train—I ...

St Francis of Assisi was born in 1181 in Assisi, Italy, to a wealthy cloth merchant ... later known as the Poor Clares, led by St Clare of Assisi. In 1224, while on retreat at Mount La Verna ...

“How I would like a Church that is poor and for the poor,” according to the Catholic Telegraph. St. Francis of Assisi, born Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone around 1181 or 1182 in Assisi ...

When Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was anointed as the Pope, he chose to rename himself as Francis after St. Francis of Assisi ... a local church — the beginning of the Poor Clares order ...

The 88-year-old pontiff died Monday after 12 years as the leader of the Roman Catholic Church ... della Spogliazione in Assisi, Italy. It was a major site linked to St. Francis' life.

He wanted to help people to have more faith' Acutis died aged 15 in 2006, seen as model for teens Bishop denounces online sales of purported relics ASSISI, Italy ... Church's first saint of ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — As the Church of St. Clare celebrates its centennial year, a number of exceptional events are being formulated to commemorate the magnificent milestone. Last Sunday the ...

Pilgrims flock to pray before Carlo’s body in the Church of Santa ... The bishop of Assisi, author of a book on the links between Carlo, Francis and Saint Clare of Assisi - one of the first ...

ASSISI, Italy - Assisi has long been a place of pilgrimage ... The bishop of Assisi, author of a book on the links between Carlo, Francis and Saint Clare of Assisi — one of the first followers ...