Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims are visiting the Italian hill town of Assisi this month to venerate the relics of Francis of Assisi, whose bones are being displayed publicly to mark the 800th anniversary of his death.
The Franciscan Third Order of the Immaculate (FTOI) in the Philippines held its first-ever National Assembly under the theme, “One Community, in Solidarity, Walking with Mary towards Jesus, Our Hope and Our Salvation.”