The Story Behind the Franciscan Jubilee: 800 Years of Mercy
Eight hundred years after the death of St. Francis of Assisi, his call to live the Gospel continues…
At the ‘Courtyard of Francis’, life is “good news”
From September 10 to 13 and September 17 to 20, the cultural event promoted by the friars of…
Pope: Like a stream leading to its source, music leads us to God
Pope Leo joins the prayer gathering ‘Canticle of Peace’ at Borgo Laudato si’, in the Pontifical Gardens of…
Cardinal Parolin: May the powerful realize a better world is possible
Speaking on an Italian Franciscan podcast, Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin discusses the “worrying” global scenario, but…
Public veneration of St. Francis of Assisi’s relics ends
After welcoming more than 370,000 visitors since its opening on February 22, the public veneration of St. Francis…
Pilgrims flock to Assisi to see relics of St Francis
Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims are visiting Assisi this month to venerate the bones of St Francis, which…
Assisi: Thousands of pilgrims venerate relics of St Francis
Thousands of people pass by the major relics of St Francis of Assisi, which are exposed for the…
Year of Saint Francis: ‘Indulgence is an encounter with God, not a spiritual shortcut’
The Regent of the Apostolic Penitentiary comments on the decree published on Friday announcing plenary indulgences during the…
Pope Leo visits tomb of St Francis in Assisi – Vatican News
Pope Leo visits tomb of St Francis in Assisi Vatican News‘We have no consensus to gain’: Zuppi calls for…
Pope at General Audience: Without fraternity, we cannot survive
In his catechesis, Pope Leo highlights the importance of fraternity in our lives and describes it as something…
First millennial saint, Italian teenager Carlo Acutis, spread Catholicism online
Today, the Catholic world will gain its first millennial saint. Saint Carlo Acutis, an Italian teenager who tragically…