St. Francis of Assisi

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Church Moves Teenager a Step From Sainthood

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May 23, 2024 2:50 PM CDT

Millennial Teenager Will Become a Saint

Carlo Acutis 'used the internet in service of the Gospel'

(Newser) - Carlo Acutis is about to become the first millennial saint. The BBC reports Pope Francis on Thursday issued a decree recognizing a second miracle attributed to the teen, who died in 2006 at age 15 from leukemia. Acutis was beatified in 2020 after a first miracle was attributed to him:...

Scientists Think St. Francis Legend at Least Partly True

Scientists Think One Catholic
Legend Is Really True

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Sep 25, 2017 8:37 AM CDT

Scientists Think One Catholic Legend Is Really True

Carbon tests prove at least part of myth linked to St. Francis of Assisi

(Newser) - Catholic lore has it that in the depths of the winter of 1224, things looked grim for a group of monks who, trapped by snow, were starving inside a friary in southern Italy. Then a knock at the door alerted the monks to a life-saving delivery: a sack of bread,...

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