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 ...
ASSISI, Italy — 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 Acutis, ...
ASSISI, Italy — The bones of St. Francis of Assisi went on public display for the first time Sunday, capping an 800-year saga over his bodily remains and confirming the enduring appeal to Christians ...
It's time to meet one of Italy’s most delightful small cities. If you think about Assisi at all, you probably picture religious pilgrims. After all, this is the birthplace of St. Francis (San ...
The beloved Italian saint was honored as the Rule of St. Francis and the creation of the Nativity scene in Greccio were commemorated. The faithful gather to celebrate the feast of St. Francis of ...
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 thought: Is this ...
The Arcade outside the Basilica of Saint Francis in Assisi, Italy, after the onset of the coronavirus (all photos by Debra Brehmer for Hyperallergic) ASSISI, Italy — The Basilica of Saint Francis is ...