St. Francis of Assisi

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Church Moves Teenager a Step From Sainthood

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

(Newser) - Carlo Acutis, who taught himself to code from a college textbook while in grade school, was precocious not just when it came to computers, but in matters of faith. "Carlo used the internet in service of the Gospel, to reach as many people as possible," Cardinal Agostino Vallini...

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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