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Italy's Assisi displays remains of St Francis

Italy's Assisi displays remains of St Francis for the first time

The remains of St Francis of Assisi, one of the Catholic Church's best-known saints, went on public display on Sunday for the first time in almost eight centuries, an event expected to draw hundreds o...

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In Italy, the bones of St. Francis are going on public display, a mixed blessing for Assisi

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St. Francis’s Remains, Rarely Seen, Go on Display in Assisi

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Display of St. Francis of Assisi's Bones Confirms Enduring Appeal of Relics for Christians

The bones of St. Francis of Assisi went on public display for the first time Sunday, capping an 800-year saga over his bodily remains and confirming the enduring appeal to Christians of venerating a s...

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Francis of Assisi’s skeleton put on display for first time

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Saint Francis of Assisi’s skeleton goes on public display for first time

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Steve Bannon told Epstein he would ‘take down’ Pope Francis: DOJ documents

Francis angered conservatives in the Catholic Church with his stances on gay people, divorce and immigration.

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Candid talk from senior cardinal on Pope Francis, Benedict XVI

In a wide-ranging interview with an Italian paper, Card. Camillo Ruini offered a forthright assessment of the Francis pontificate and flatly called Benedict XVI’s decision to resign “a mistake.”

Pope laments ‘ashes of international law’ left by today’s conflicts in Ash Wednesday liturgy

Pope Leo XIV has opened the church’s penitential Lenten season by presiding over Ash Wednesday. He is lamenting the “ashes of international law and justice” that have been left by today’s wars and conflicts.