Just weeks after debt-laden France proposed axing two public holidays, Italy is proposing to add a new one in honour of Saint Francis and the pope who took his name.

Catholics in the province in seeing and venerating a relic of the newly canonized saint who loved playing video games and ...

Acutis, who was born in 1991, was known for his deep Catholic faith and love of technology. He taught catechism, attended ...

Corey Stewart is the winner of James River Writers and Richmond magazine’s fifth Best Self-Published Novel contest.

Today in History for Sept. 16: In 1224, during an extended period of prayer and fasting, it is said St. Francis of Assisi received the stigmata (Crucifixion scars of Jesus Christ) on Mount Alvernia, ...

Eight centuries ago, St. Francis of Assisi composed a poem that remains familiar today, inspiring hymns, art and the titles of two of the late Pope Francis' teaching documents on integra ...

Dublin priest Father Michael Collins charts Saint Carlo Acutis’s canonisation and the high-profile treatment it’s been given.

Chief rabbi of Rome says it’s unsurprising many know little of the Church's history of antisemitism, but focusing on newly canonized Carlo Acutis's work is not the right way to address it ...

Michael Prodger looks at Nick Trend's art-themed Italian travelogue, while John Goodall enjoys the biography of one of his ...

After 40-plus years on the Godbeat, let me offer this observation: It’s extremely difficult to write about ancient, complex, ...

Even a videogame-loving teenager in jeans and sneakers can become a saint.

The semi-official opening of the 2025-26 season of the Theatre Arts Department at Utah State University drew a standing room ...