The story of St. Francis of Assisi teaches us that conversion is lifelong, dynamic and ongoing. He was an ordinary Christian who opened himself up to Christ's invitation to take the baptismal call ...

Archbishop Domenico Sorrentino of Assisi-Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino, Italy, processes with a reliquary containing a relic of Blessed Carlo Acutis during Mass at St. Anthony’s High School in South ...

ASSISI, Italy — On the feast of Blessed Carlo Acutis, the bishop of Assisi invited pilgrims gathered at the Italian teen’s tomb to seek his intercession for a greater love for Christ’s Real Presence ...

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The Arcade outside the Basilica of Saint Francis in Assisi, Italy, after the onset of the coronavirus (all photos by Debra Brehmer for Hyperallergic) ASSISI, Italy — The Basilica of Saint Francis is ...

ASSISI, Italy (AP) — Pilgrims have been pouring into this medieval hilltop town to venerate not only two of the Catholic Church’s most celebrated saints, Francis and Clare, but its newest — Carlo ...

Italy’s Senate Constitutional Affairs Committee, deliberating in session Wednesday, Oct. 1, approved a bill reinstating Oct. 4, the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of Italy, as a ...