ASSISI, Italy (AP) — Pilgrims have been pouring into this medieval hilltop town to venerate not only two of the Catholic ...

There was no guarantee that Pope Francis would reach this year's Easter celebrations after a life-threatening illness that had him confined to a hospital for over a month.

An Italian boy nicknamed “God’s influencer” who died from leukemia in 2006 at age 15 is set to become the Catholic Church’s ...

A local church celebrated Good Friday with a reenactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Members of St. Francis of Assisi ...

Born in 1991, an Italian boy will be proclaimed the Catholic Church's first saint of the millennial generation on April 27.

FOR centuries, pilgrims came to Assisi to walk in the footsteps of a saint who preached to birds, embraced poverty and ...

ASSISI, Italy — For centuries, pilgrims came to Assisi to walk in the footsteps of a saint who preached to ... St. Thérèse of ...

Pope Francis has long advocated for immigrants, refugees, and the vulnerable—but the Church, like other institutions, may need to find new ways to sustain its commitments.

In honor of Carlo’s love for the Eucharist, make sure to visit one or more of the Eucharistic miracles not far from Assisi, ...

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese tells the tale of St. Mary Magdalene, a once-demon-possessed woman who ...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WBRC) - The University of Alabama and St. Francis of Assisi Catholic are mourning the loss of a student who ...

Assisi has long been a place of pilgrimage, but these days the faithful come not for Saint Francis but for a tech-savvy teen ...