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 ...

Holy Virgin Mary, there is none like you among women born in the world. Daughter and handmaid of the heavenly Father, the almighty King, Mother of our most high Lord Jesus Christ, and Spouse of ...

If you're an architecture buff, take some time to check out the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, which was constructed beginning in 1869. Located a block east of the Santa Fe Plaza ...

Dutch companies MVRDV and Zecc Architecten have been selected to design a renovation of the St. Francis of Assisi Church in ...

For 50 years, the Teutopolis Monastery Museum has been telling the story of the Franciscan friars who lived there and the village’s early settlers. “These steps, walls and floors all tell a story,” ...

Influential Dutch studio MVRDV has been chosen to radically renovate a disused church. The former place of worship is being ...

Catholics celebrated the Easter Vigil in the Holy Night at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Saturday, marking what Pope ...

will be proclaimed the Catholic Church's first saint of the millennial generation this month, elevating him to the same level as Mother Teresa and Francis of Assisi. There is no doubt he was ...

Actor Peter Weller on the politics of "RoboCop," jazz and the importance of kindness and spirituality in hard times ...

Carlo Acutis, set to become the Catholic Church 's first millennial saint, is already drawing crowds of pilgrims to Assisi, ...

about 1 million pilgrims have flocked to the central Italian town of Assisi, where his body — wearing sneakers, jeans, and a ...