Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims have been pouring into the medieval hilltop town of Assisi in Italy to venerate the ...

With the upcoming canonization of its first millennial saint, the Catholic Church has turned to police in Italy to ...

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 the Rev. Enzo Fortunato, who spent most of his religious career ...

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 ...

taking the name Pope Francis in honor of St. Francis of Assisi. He is the first Latin American pope and the first from the Jesuit order. To mark the 12th anniversary of Francis’ pontificate ...

ASSISI, Italy — Pilgrims ... Catholic Church’s most celebrated saints, Francis and Clare, but its newest — Carlo Acutis, the first millennial saint, who will be canonized on April 27.

In the following year, he became the parish vicar of Saint Francis of Assisi in Talisay. He was also the spiritual director of Holy Trinity College Seminary and prefect of discipline and procurator of ...