For centuries, pilgrims came to Assisi to walk in the footsteps of a saint who preached to birds, embraced poverty and wandered the hills barefoot.But today, many arrive in search of a different model ...

The Catholic Church will proclaim its first millennial saint on April 27, elevating Carlo Acutis, a teenage web developer who died from leukaemia in 2006, to the same status as Saint Francis and ...

Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of one woman and five men, including Antoni Gaudí, the Spanish architect who designed the Sagrada Familia Basilica in Barcelona, Spain.