The Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi and its gift shop are open to the public Tuesday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Saturdays from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Visitors should ...

March 13, 2013: Elected as the 266th pope, taking the name Francis in honor of St. Francis of Assisi ... of Michelangelo's Pietà. Many shops near St. Peter's Basilica offer holy water bottles ...

His body was later transferred to an Assisi cemetery as Acutis had asked, because of his devotion to the hometown medieval ...

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday aged 88 following a stroke that led to a coma and heart failure, the Vatican said ...

When he became bishop two decades ago, the church next to his residence just off the main street was “forgotten” by the ...

In souvenir shops, merchants are seeing a growing interest in items bearing Carlo’s image, from statuettes, icons, rosaries ...

When he became bishop two decades ago, the church next to his residence just off the main street was “forgotten” by the throngs that visited the monumental Basilica of St. Francis. Over the ...

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 ...

The canonisation of a British Italian teenager as the first millennial saint has been postponed due to the Pope’s death.

When he became bishop two decades ago, the church next to his residence just off the main street was "forgotten" by the throngs that visited the monumental Basilica of St. Francis. Over the last ...