The Espresso Assisi was scheduled to depart from Rome’s Termini station every Saturday and Sunday morning from October 5th to November 30th, arriving in the mediaeval hill town of Assisi, east of ...

Art & Exhibitions Famed 800-Year-Old Hymn by St. Francis of Assisi Gets a Rare Outing in Rome. The canticle is one of the oldest works of the Italian literary canon with a known author.

W hen I first saw Giotto’s fresco cycle “The Legend of St. Francis” in the upper church of the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi—a small Italian town two hours from Rome by train—I ...

Pilgrims from around the world continue to travel to Rome for the 2025 Jubilee Year, ... St. Francis in Assisi, St. Peter in Rome, and St. Pio of Pietrelcina in San Giovanni Rotondo. ...