Pope John Paul II attends an interreligious peace meeting in Assisi, Italy, in this Oct. 27, 1986, file photo. (Credit: CNS/Osservatore Romano.) Listen When Pope Francis travels to Assisi next Tuesday ...
VATICAN CITY — In an emotional encounter in Assisi with people living in poverty, Pope Francis listened to the testimonies of a former homeless ex-convict who experienced a dramatic conversion after ...
ASSISI, Italy (AP) — The bones of St. Francis of Assisi, the medieval friar who inspired Pope Francis and generations of Christians before him, are going on public display for the first time, giving ...
The small train station looked like something out of a Giuseppe Tornatore movie, with a tastefully subdued one-room bar/restaurant where a sojourner could immediately sit down and let the stress of ...
“All praise be yours, my Lord, through our Sister Mother Earth, who sustains us and governs us, and produces varied fruits with colored flowers and herbs.” So wrote St. Francis of Assisi, from his ...