Assisi is putting the bones of St. Francis on public display for the first time, and the Italian town is bracing for a crush ...
Archbishop Domenico Sorrentino shares the faithful legacy of young Blessed Carlo Acutis, who is buried in the hometown of St. Francis, and those who saved Jews in the Umbrian city during World War II.
Assisi has been the focus of pilgrimages for nearly 800 years, and during World War II, the hill town protected Jews from the Nazis. ASSISI, Italy — For almost eight centuries, pilgrims venerating St.