Henry Clay Frick, aggressive in art collecting as well as business, acquired many of the masterpieces of the museum, whose ...

Assisi, a medieval city built on a hill, is the birthplace of Saint Francis, closely associated with the work of the Franciscan Order. Its medieval art masterpieces, such as the Basilica of San ...

FOR more than 800 years, those able to enter most completely into the suffering of Jesus through ecstatic contemplation of his Passion have been rewarded, like St Francis of Assisi ... artistic ...

thanks to its artistic and architectural masterpieces such as the Basilica of Saint Francis, and the beautiful frescos by Giotto, Cimabue, Pietro Lorenzetti, and Simone Martini. The city is full ...

Pope Francis’ tomb is made of Ligurian (Italian) marble with the sole inscription “FRANCISCUS” and a reproduction of his ...

They came from around the world to rejoice in the naming of the first millennial saint but ended up bidding farewell to Pope ...

While the pope was buried in Italy, people from all over the world are feeling a great sense of loss with his passing.

or “Saint Right Away!” — and it still took nine years, and Francis’s election, before the Polish-born pontiff, along with predecessor Pope John XXIII, were declared saints. Francis ...

The body of Pope Francis was transferred to St. Peter's Basilica to lie in state for three days so the Catholic faithful and ...

The rite began in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta, where Francis lived for the 12 years of his pontificate and where he ...