New York Post

Remains of history’s most beloved saint, St. Francis of Assisi, to be displayed in rare event

The relics of St. Francis of Assisi, one of the most beloved saints in history, will be put on display in Italy next year. Vatican News, the official outlet of the Vatican, reported the news on Oct. 4 ...
National Catholic Register

PHOTOS: Where St. Francis Slept on Stone, Pilgrims Still Find Peace

Everyone knows the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi, the burial place of the founder of the Franciscan order, as well as the basilica housing the Portiuncula. But few know the Eremo delle Carceri, a ...
Catholic News Agency

Remains of St. Francis of Assisi to be publicly displayed for first time

For the first time, the body of St. Francis of Assisi will be visible to all, from Feb. 22 to March 22, 2026. This religious and historical event was announced on the memorial of the saint of Assisi ...
Wall Street Journal

Giotto’s ‘The Legend of St. Francis’: Assisi’s Devotional Frescoes

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 ...
Newsday

Crowds flock to newest Catholic saint in Assisi — a millennial teen whose ordinariness is the draw

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, ...
America Magazine

St. Francis of Assisi and my late uncle

Find today’s readings here. I never met my Uncle Jamie. He died in 1963, well before I was born. He was my father’s eldest brother. Growing up, my aunts and uncles would, on occasion, tell stories ...