World Animal Day aims to raise awareness about animal welfare and promote better animal treatment globally. Read on to learn ...

The Rev. Chris Looby, who pastors Roman Catholic churches in Morrisonville, Cadyville and Peru, will lead a pilgrimage to Rome in the fall. “Pope Francis has designated that this year 2025 is a ...

Travelers heading to Italy in 2025 should be aware of pickpockets in crowded areas, even in churches or religious sites. They ...

He was a fan of soccer and spent a lot of time on his computer. He also was deeply religious and, in April, is expected to be ...

Venerated in his lifetime, Saint Francis did not have to wait long for a monument to be erected in his honor. A basilica in ...

Learn about five special locations to visit if you are planning an Italy trip during 2025.

+ “We understand you want more from an escorted tour than a few hurried, all too brief visits to the destinations you have ...

Elio and Stefano Ciol’s exhibit Into the Light at the Museo Italo Americano in San Francisco looked at Italian landscape with art and sentiment ...

Later that year, after visiting Pope John Paul II at the Vatican, his cross was stolen in Assisi, Italy, when he stopped for a meal at a roadside cafe. He found the cross abandoned in the middle ...

The ancient town of Corinaldo in the Province of Ancona of central Italy, located about 50 mi (80 km) north of Assisi, also hosts a massive Halloween celebration called Festa Delle Streghe (Festival ...

The beatification ceremony took place in Assisi, the home of his idol Saint Francis ... The statue in Ardfinnan was made in Italy, and has Carlo depicting a games console, mobile phone and football, ...

Introducing size – below we look at Italy’s 30 largest towns and cities (a list which, notably, doesn’t include Venice or Siena) – often brings entirely overlooked destinations into the ...