The bones of St. Francis of Assisi went on public display for the first time Sunday, capping an 800-year saga over his bodily remains and confirming the enduring appeal to Catholic Christians of ...

Already, nearly 400,000 people have registered to pray before the relics and Stoppini estimates the number could well reach a half-million before the bones go back into their tomb March 22.

To mark the 800th anniversary of the death of St Francis of Assisi, Christian faithful will for the first time be able to ...

Pilgrims will have yet another reason to visit the hilltop Umbrian town of Assisi, as the bones of St. Francis of Assisi, the medieval friar who inspired Pope Francis and generations of Christians ...

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An 11-year-old boy from Cumbria has become the youngest person to scale all 214 of the Lake District fells four times. Leo Mason has undertaken the challenge with his dad, Michael, who says the ...

A Cumbria-based producer of cellulose film packaging has been fined £200,000 after workers were exposed to harmful hydrogen sulphide gas. On 24 December 2021, Futamura Chemical UK Ltd employee, ...