In a homily read by Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça, artists were urged to be “witnesses to the revolutionary vision of the Beatitudes.” ...

But one radical misfit in particular, Francis of Assisi, seems to loom larger—and ... A truly serious modern, secular historian might just get a little itchy under the collar right about now.

If you're an architecture buff, take some time to check out the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, which was constructed beginning in 1869. Located a block east of the Santa Fe Plaza ...