Crowds flock to newest Catholic saint in Assisi — a millennial teen whose ordinariness is the draw
Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims have been pouring into the medieval hilltop town of Assisi in Italy to venerate the ...
Crowds Flock to Newest Catholic Saint in Assisi—a Millennial Teen
Over the last year, more than a million pilgrims paid homage to Acutis, according to Rev. Domenico Sorrentino.
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Who was St. Francis of Assisi, whom the Pope has named himself after?
Francis was born in 1182 into a wealthy family in Assisi, a town above a fertile valley in central Italy. While praying before a crucifix, he heard a call to reform the church and sought to dedicate ...
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Who’s St. Francis, whose love for the poor, creation, and peace inspires Pope Francis?
(AP video shot by Chris Warde Jones. Production by Maria Grazia Murru) A votive statue of Italy’s patron saint, St. Francis of Assisi, left, is on display among other religious items at a shop in ...
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Who’s St. Francis, Whose Love for the Poor, Creation, and Peace Inspires Pope Francis?
Who’s St. Francis, Whose Love for the Poor, Creation, and Peace Inspires Pope Francis? ASSISI, Italy (AP) — As Pope Francis entered his third week in a hospital battling pneumonia, hundreds of ...
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Who’s St. Francis, whose love for the poor, creation, and peace inspires Pope Francis?
ASSISI, Italy (AP) — As Pope Francis entered his third week in a hospital battling pneumonia, hundreds of pilgrims continued to make their way to this hilltop town to pray at the tomb of St. Francis, ...
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Pope Francis stable a day after respiratory crisis, spent ‘long periods’ off noninvasive ventilator
“There is a situation of waiting but also of hope,” he said. Dell’Orto reported from Assisi, Italy. Paolo Santalucia contributed from Rome. Associated Press writer Carla K. Johnson in ...