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Pope Leo XIV expected to visit Assisi during Year of St. Francis, archbishop says

Monday, February 9, 2026

The sanctuary, part of Assisi's Church of St. Mary Major, marks the site where St. Francis renounced his worldly possessions. The post Pope Leo XIV expected to visit Assisi during Year of St. Francis, archbishop says first appeared on OSV News.

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