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First millennial saint Carlo Acutis, who taught Catholicism and created a website on eucharistic miracles, will be canonized ...
He used to say, ‘There are queues in front of a concert, in front of a football match, but I don’t see these queues in front ...
Author Ken McGoogan makes a strong case for his theory on the expedition, one that will be debated by notoriously fickle ...
Carlo Acutis, also known as 'God's Influencer,' will officially achieve sainthood on Sept. 7, 2025. He will become the first ...
Acutis was 15 when he died in northern Italy in 2006, after a short bout with leukemia. He has become enormously popular ...
The curly haired Italian kid could not have known at the time that he would become the first millennial saint who would ...
Although Pope Francis already set Aug. 3 as the date to declare the sainthood of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, Pope Leo XIV ...
Chris Packham has posed as St Francis of Assisi in a portrait celebrating him as a “living saint”. The portrait of the presenter and environmental campaigner is now on show on the altar of the ...
After fewer than 24 hours of seclusion in the Vatican, cardinals ended the 2025 papal conclave with the election of a new pontiff ... a nod to St. Francis of Assisi. In Catholic tradition ...
But in naming himself Leo, the new pope could also have wanted to signal a strong line of continuity: Brother Leo was the 13th century friar who was a great companion to St. Francis of Assisi ...
Prevost will now go by a new name: Pope Leo XIV ... For instance, Pope Francis was the first to adopt the name of St. Francis of Assisi, signaling his commitment to humility and service to ...
In the wake of Pope Francis' death in April 2025, a slew of videos purportedly telling the heartwarming story of the pope's dog refusing to leave his side were posted on YouTube. The videos ...