Archbishop Domenico Sorrentino shares the faithful legacy of young Blessed Carlo Acutis, who is buried in the hometown of St. Francis, and those who saved Jews in the Umbrian city during World War II.

Nearly 400,000 people are expected to venerate the saint’s relics while on public display through March 22. Pilgrims venerate St. Francis of Assisi's relics in the lower church of the Basilica of St.

Charging through dark and quiet Assisi — an Umbrian town stony with history — I was rushing back to my favorite restaurant for a good meal…hopefully before the kitchen closed. At 10:00 p.m., the pink ...

ASSISI, Italy (AP) — Pilgrims have been pouring into this medieval hilltop town to venerate not only two of the Catholic Church’s most celebrated saints, Francis and Clare, but its newest — Carlo ...

Brown-, gray- and black-hooded robes rustled, knotted white cords swung rhythmically, and sandaled feet crunched gravel. The soft sounds of labored breathing could also be heard as several hundred ...

Archbishop Domenico Sorrentino of Assisi-Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino, Italy, processes with a reliquary containing a relic of Blessed Carlo Acutis during Mass at St. Anthony’s High School in South ...

The small train station looked like something out of a Giuseppe Tornatore movie, with a tastefully subdued one-room bar/restaurant where a sojourner could immediately sit down and let the stress of ...