Display of St. Francis of Assisi's bones confirms enduring appeal of relics for Christians

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 ...

Italy's Assisi displays remains of St Francis for the first time

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 ...

In Italy, the bones of St. Francis are going on public display, a mixed blessing for Assisi

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.

St. Francis’s Remains, Rarely Seen, Go on Display in Assisi

The bones of Italy’s patron saint will be shown to the public for a month, to mark the 800th anniversary of his death.
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Candid talk from senior cardinal on Pope Francis, Benedict XVI

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.” ...
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Pope's grand tour of Italy over the next few months takes him to Lampedusa on July 4

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 ...