Following the example of St. Francis of Assisi, bishops are called to be close to the people in their dioceses and ...

Pope Leo XIV also traveled to the city of Montefalco, where he celebrated Mass in the monastery of the Augustinian nuns, ...

The Umbrian city welcomed Pope Leo XIV on the first Italian visit of his pontificate to celebrate this great, humble, and ...

ASSISI, Italy — 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 Acutis, ...

Pope Leo XIV said he prayed for peace on a visit to St Francis of Assisi's tomb in the Umbrian town Thursday. At the tomb of ...

Umbria is best explored slowly: by foot, bike, or unhurried drives along winding country roads. Walk a stretch of the Via di ...

Pope Francis chose his name in honor of St. Francis of Assisi, Italy’s patron saint who emulated the life of Christ like perhaps no other figure in the church's history. New York’s Cardinal Timothy ...

Around 1224 C.E., while recovering from an illness, St. Francis of Assisi penned one of the most celebrated hymns in the Christian faith. In “Canticle of the Creatures,” the founder of the Franciscan ...

Saint Francis of Assisi, an important figure in the Roman Catholic Church, was born into a life of wealth and luxury but traded that for a life of poverty. The exchange was made after he reportedly ...