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Pilgrims honor the bones of St. Francis during the first public display inside the St. Francis Basilica, marking the 800th anniversary of the saint death, in Assisi, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026.(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Display of St. Francis of Assisi’s bones confirms enduring appeal of relics for Christians

By Nicole Winfield and Gregorio Borgia - Associated Press

People visit the Basilica of St. Francis with Giotto's frescoes in Assisi, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, on the eve of the public display of St. Francis' remains to mark the 800th anniversary of his death in 1226.(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

A man looks at the heart relic of Carlo Acutis, the 15-year-old Italian boy who died in 2006 of leukemia and beatified in 2020, at the San Rufino Cathedral in Assisi, Italy, Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

You shouldn’t buy a piece of a saint: Catholic Church denounces online sale of Carlo Acutis relics

By Silvia Stellacci and Giovanna Dell'Orto - Associated Press

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By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

An image of 15-year-old Carlo Acutis, an Italian boy who died in 2006 of leukemia, is seen during his beatification ceremony celebrated by Cardinal Agostino Vallini, center, in the St. Francis Basilica, in Assisi, Italy, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Italian teenage computer whiz beatified by Catholic Church

By GREGORIO BORGIA and COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press

Pope Francis arrives at the St. Francis Basilica to sign a new encyclical on fraternity and solidarity in the post-COVID world, in Assisi, Italy, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020. The Pontiff made his first trip outside the Vatican since the virus outbreak, traveling to Assisi to announce a new encyclical. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope in 1st post-lockdown outing goes to Assisi to sign text

By ANDREA ROSA and NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones performs on the kickoff of the band's "50 and Counting" tour at the Staples Center on Friday, May 3, 2013, in Los Angeles. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Mick Jagger’s daughter says Rolling Stones singer to be great-grandfather

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