Le diocesi di Assisi-Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino e di Foligno sono pronte a salutare l’amministratore apostolico, mons.

Each of these visitors leaves the city “knowing they have encountered St. Francis," says Fr. Benedict La Volpe, a Franciscan ...

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 ...

Assisi's famous Basilica of St. Francis consists of two churches stacked on top of each other. Both are pilgrimage sites for followers of the saint, who died in 1226, and art enthusiasts entranced by ...

The remains of Italy's patron saint have only been seen in public once before - for one day in 1978.

ASSISI, Italy, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Hundreds of people braved driving rain on Sunday night to see pictures of Amazonia by famed Brazilian photographer Sebastiao Salgado beamed onto the Basilica of St.

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 ...

Fourteenth-century frescoes in the Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi have been damaged by over-ambitious restorations, Italian daily La Repubblica reports. Experts claim the frescoes have been ...

Assisi, a medieval city built on a hill, is the birthplace of Saint Francis, closely associated with the work of the Franciscan Order. Its medieval art masterpieces, such as the Basilica of San ...