Pope John Paul II attends an interreligious peace meeting in Assisi, Italy, in this Oct. 27, 1986, file photo. (Credit: CNS/Osservatore Romano.) Listen When Pope Francis travels to Assisi next Tuesday ...

Pope Benedict XVI has invited Jews, Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims to a pilgrimage at the Umbrian hilltop town of Assisi, but the leaders won't take part in common prayers as they did when summoned for a ...

A worker helps prepare the stage for an interfaith peace gathering outside the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi, Italy, Sept. 19. Pope Francis is attending the Sept. 20 peace gathering marking the ...

Of all the challenges faced by the Vatican in organizing the 25th anniversary of the historic interreligious gathering in Assisi in 1986, the hardest was how to make it newsworthy. The 176 ...