The Vatican is opening the most solemn period of Holy Week with a recovering Pope Francis largely on the sidelines.

ASSISI, Italy (AP) — Pilgrims have been pouring into this medieval hilltop town to venerate not only two of the Catholic ...

To all, Francis offers a message of mercy. It is a message that has won him both praise and criticism.

FOR centuries, pilgrims came to Assisi to walk in the footsteps of a saint who preached to birds, embraced poverty and ...

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 ...

ASSISI, Italy (AP ... who will be canonized on April 27. “St. Francis, St. Clare, of course, important saints who marked an epoch – but that’s far removed from today’s teens.

New episodes of the exclusive Fox Nation series 'The Saints,' helmed by acclaimed Hollywood director Martin Scorsese, debut ...

His body was later transferred to an Assisi cemetery as Acutis had asked, because of his devotion to the hometown medieval saint, St. Francis. His road to sainthood – the canonisation process – ...

Chainarong Monthienvichienchai, the author, stands in prayer before the glass tomb of Blessed Carlo Acutis at the Sanctuary ...

In honor of Carlo’s love for the Eucharist, make sure to visit one or more of the Eucharistic miracles not far from Assisi, Italy.