Assisi
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Beatified teen showed that heaven is ‘attainable goal,’ cardinal says
By JUNNO AROCHO ESTEVES, Catholic News Service
Published October 10, 2020Thousands sang and applauded as Italian teen Carlo Acutis was beatified Oct. 10 in a town dear to him and to many Christians around the world: Assisi.
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Forgive others and find peace, pope says during visit to Assisi
Published August 18, 2016
ASSISI, Italy (CNS)—Celebrating how God’s mercy has been experienced for 800 years in a tiny stone church in Assisi, Pope Francis said people need to experience God’s forgiveness and start learning how to forgive others. “Too many people are caught up in resentment and harbor hatred because they are incapable of forgiving. They ruin their […] Full Story