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A view of the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi, Italy, with the Umbrian countryside in the background. (Elise Ureneck)

Lessons from an afternoon in Assisi

Elise Ureneck|Nov 1, 2023|5 Min Read

Pope Francis is welcomed to Assisi, Italy, Sept. 24, 2022, by young economists, entrepreneurs, financial advisers, scholars and scientists who have been working for two years on the Economy of Francesco project. (CNS photo/Remo Casilli, Reuters)

Help the poor and the planet, pope tells young economists, entrepreneurs

Cindy Wooden|Sep 24, 2022|4 Min Read

Archbishop Domenico Sorrentino of Assisi-Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino, Italy, processes with a reliquary containing a relic of Blessed Carlo Acutis during Mass at St. Anthony's High School in South Huntington, N.Y., April 4, 2022. Archbishop Sorrentino was visiting the New York metropolitan area with the relic during a five-day trip to the U.S. Blessed Acutis, an Italian teen who died in 2006 and was beatified in 2020, is entombed in the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Assisi. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Faith

Cardinal Dolan receives relic on behalf of USCCB, evangelization committee

Catholic News Service|Apr 8, 2022|5 Min Read

Andrew Keogh, an Irishman helped to get sober and off the streets by the Poland-based foundation Barka, is pictured in Assisi, Italy, Nov. 11, 2021. He now works for the foundation in England and accompanied Barka's 10 Polish pilgrims to Assisi for a meeting with Pope Francis. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

World

Poor, volunteers deepen faith, friendship on Assisi pilgrimage

Cindy Wooden|Nov 12, 2021|4 Min Read

Pope Francis arrives for a meeting with the poor at the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels in Assisi, Italy, Nov. 12, 2021. The visit was in preparation for the celebration of the World Day of the Poor. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

World

Assisi pilgrimage with the poor: Pope calls for open hands, open hearts

Cindy Wooden|Nov 12, 2021|5 Min Read

Pope Francis greets people during a meeting with the poor in the archbishop's residence in Assisi, Italy, in this Oct. 4, 2013, file photo. The pope will travel to Assisi Nov. 12 for a time of listening and prayer with 500 poor people from several countries. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope's World Day of the Poor includes listening, helping

Catholic News Service|Nov 8, 2021|2 Min Read

Pope Francis greets people during a meeting with the poor in the archbishop's residence in Assisi, Italy, in this Oct. 4, 2013, file photo. The pope will travel to Assisi Nov. 12 for a time of listening and prayer with 500 poor people from several countries. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

World

Pope Francis to meet 500 poor in Assisi on Nov. 12

Hannah Brockhaus|Oct 15, 2021|3 Min Read

Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, the new archpriest of St. Peter's Basilica, after being made a cardinal by Pope Francis at the Vatican Nov. 28, 2020. | CNS/FABIO FRUSTACI, REUTERS

Pope Francis hopes new cardinal will give Vatican a more 'Franciscan' touch

Elise Ann Allen|Mar 1, 2021|5 Min Read

Giotto’s Nativity is projected on the facade of the Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi. (Diocese of Assisi-Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino via CNA)

Faith

Assisi in Advent: illuminated frescoes and a nurse in a nativity scene

Courtney Mares|Dec 9, 2020|4 Min Read

An image of Carlo Acutis was unveiled at his beatification Mass in Assisi, Italy Oct. 10, 2020. (Daniel Ibanez/CNA)

World

Beatification of Carlo Acutis: The first millennial to be declared Blessed

Courtney Mares|Oct 10, 2020|5 Min Read

Pope Francis celebrates the Eucharist at the tomb of St. Francis in the crypt of the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi, Italy, Oct. 3, 2020. The pope signed his new encyclical, "Fratelli Tutti, on Fraternity and Social Friendship," at the end of the Mass. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope signs new encyclical in Assisi

Cindy Wooden|Oct 3, 2020|2 Min Read

Carlo Acutis’ tomb is opened for public veneration in Assisi, Italy, Oct. 1, 2020. (Courtesy of Assisi diocese via CNA)

Faith

Tomb of Carlo Acutis is opened for veneration ahead of beatification

Courtney Mares|Oct 1, 2020|4 Min Read

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