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ASSISI, Italy — In the silence of St. Mary Major Church in this central Italian hill town, a tour group of Polish teenagers files past a glass-sided tomb to look in on a child of their own age. His ...

ASSISI, Italy — In the silence of St. Mary Major Church in this central Italian hill town, a tour group of Polish teenagers files past a glass-sided tomb to look in on a child of their own age. His ...

Tomb of Carlo Acutis, the first millennial Saint, at the Sanctuary of the Spoliation in Assisi, Italy. Credit: Dobroš / CC BY-SA 4.0 Thousands are gathering at St Peter’s Square in the Vatican today, ...

Students of St. John Berchmans school hold items often linked to Carlo Acutis, who will be canonized a saint by Pope Leo XIV, before Mass at Blessed Carlo Acutis Parish, on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, ...

A woman kneels in prayer at the tomb of Blessed Carlo Acutis in the Shrine of the Renunciation in Assisi, Italy, Aug. 21, 2025. Acutis, who died in 2006 at age 15, will be canonized Sept. 7 at the ...

ASSISI, Italy — Soon-to-be St. Carlo Acutis is a fresh “shoot” budding from the 800-year-old spiritual “vine” of Sts. Francis and Clare in Assisi, said the rector of the shrine housing the millennial ...

St. Francis is one of the world’s most famous and beloved saints. You’ve probably seen a statue or drawing of him, typically depicted with an animal or bird. He famously loved all of nature, referring ...

Everyone knows the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi, the burial place of the founder of the Franciscan order, as well as the basilica housing the Portiuncula. But few know the Eremo delle Carceri, a ...