For centuries, pilgrims came to Assisi to walk in the footsteps of a saint who preached to birds, embraced poverty and ...

Assisi has long been a place of pilgrimage, but these days the faithful come not for Saint Francis but for a tech-savvy teen ...

Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims have been pouring into the medieval hilltop town of Assisi in Italy to venerate the ...

But throngs of pilgrims are already flocking to the church in Assisi, Italy, where his body wearing sneakers, jeans and a sweatshirt lies in a shrine. Here’s more on the teenage boy who’s ...

The city break destination has been named as the 'best European city break that won't break the bank' by a travel money provider - and it's easy to see why ...

Pilgrims flock to Assisi ahead of canonisation of first millennial saint - The London-born teen shows faithful ‘it’s possible to love Jesus while being a regular youth’ ...

With the upcoming canonization of its first millennial saint, the Catholic Church has turned to police in Italy to ...

ASSISI, Italy (AP) — 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 ...

A teenager uses a smartphone to take a picture at the tomb of 15-year-old Carlo Acutis, an Italian boy who died in 2006 of leukemia, in Assisi, Italy, on Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo ...