Meet 'Francis,' the talking parakeet who makes retirement fun for the Sisters of Saint Francis of Philadelphia!

Assisi has long been a place of pilgrimage, but these days the faithful come not for Saint Francis but for a tech-savvy teen soon to become the first millennial saint.

That denial of privilege is a parallel with St. Francis, to whom Acutis was so devoted that he asked to be buried in Assisi, said Fr. Enzo Fortunato, who spent most of his religious career there ...

That denial of privilege is a parallel with St. Francis, to whom Carlo was so devoted that he asked to be buried in Assisi, said the Rev. Enzo Fortunato, who spent most of his religious career ...

A statue of St. Francis of Assisi and a wolf is seen May 30 ... Non-lethal methods, such as using guardian dogs, fencing and even lighting and sound systems, are employed to keep both animals ...