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 ...
The remains of St Francis of Assisi, one of the Catholic Church's best-known saints, went on public display on Sunday for the first time in almost eight centuries, an event expected to draw hundreds ...
Assisi is putting the bones of St. Francis on public display for the first time, and the Italian town is bracing for a crush of pilgrims.
The bones of Italy’s patron saint will be shown to the public for a month, to mark the 800th anniversary of his death.
In a wide-ranging interview with an Italian paper, Card. Camillo Ruini offered a forthright assessment of the Francis pontificate and flatly called Benedict XVI’s decision to resign “a mistake.” ...
ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV will visit ground zero of Europe’s migration drama, the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, on July 4 in a strong sign of continuity with Pope Francis, who often clashed with the ...