So yes, I do consider it a spiritual symbol." Related: California Woman Flees Palisades Home 21 Years After Grandparents Lost Their Home in Wildfire (Exclusive) The St. Francis statue serves as a ...

Saint Francis of Assisi, an important figure in the Roman Catholic Church, was born into a life of wealth and luxury but traded that for a life of poverty. The exchange was made after he ...

Fresco by Giotto of St. Francis of Assisi embracing the Child Jesus at Christmas Mass in Greccio in 1223, located in the Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in Assisi, Italy. (photo: Public domain ...

Devotees of St. Francis of Assisi, the Italian friar and mystic who founded the Franciscan Order, have been telling stories and making images about him ever since his death in 1226. Gabriele ...

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Charging through dark and quiet Assisi — an Umbrian town stony with history — I was rushing back to my favorite restaurant for a good meal…hopefully before the kitchen closed. At 10:00 p.m ...

A statue of St. Francis that survived after the Eaton fire decimated Pasadena Waldorf School in Altadena, California ...