Pope Leo XIV at the Basilica of Saint Mary of the Angels in Assisi, Italy, on Nov. 20, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.) Listen Pope Leo XIV’s visit to the Basilica of Saint Mary of the Angels in Assisi ...
This Catholic church began in 1852 as a small wooden "shanty" church, built with $300 that a Cuba priest collected from railroad workers. Construction of the current Gothic Revival church — named a ...