Gloucestershire, with large swathes of its landscape covered by the Cotswolds Area of Natural Beauty (AONB), has seen wars of religion, politics, and power over the centuries. Learn of the heroic ...

May is the perfect time to visit this picturesque region of Italy. In spring, Umbria hosts many interesting festivals, traditional fairs and exhibitions. For example, in May, Gubbio hosts the famous ...

a statue of St. Francis of Assisi remained completely intact “I do think there is a spiritual significance,” 5th grade teacher Blair Manzke tells PEOPLE The Pasadena Waldorf School was ...

If you're an architecture buff, take some time to check out the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, which was constructed beginning in 1869. Located a block east of the Santa Fe Plaza ...

Francis of Assisi, established the first Nativity scene. Located in the heart of Italy’s Apennine Mountains, it is easy to see why St. Francis chose this location. It sits high on a cliff and is ...

The people of Lucera were known to compare him with St. Francis of Assisi, from whom he derived his name. He died in 1742 and was canonized in 1986.

Pope Francis arrives in a vehicle at St. Peter’s Square for the Jubilee Mass for Armed Forces, Police, and Security Personnel on Feb. 9, 2025. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA During the outdoor Mass ...

In this he was a lot like the painter Francis Bacon, who died in 1992 ... a 1953 painting at the National Gallery of Art called “Study of a Dog.” But the loping, blurry, foreshortened dog ...

ROME — Pope Francis said Donald Trump’s plans to impose mass deportations of immigrants would be a “disgrace,” as he weighed in on the US president’s pledges nearly a decade after ...

A 13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to conceal their high altars. The 700-year-old fresco is thought to be the only ...

Christians in medieval Europe admired Islamic art without fully realising it ... the 'Fermo chasuble', which is said to have belonged to St Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury.