A 12th-century painting of St Francis with Angels by an unknown artist. Photo: OSV News /Courtney Mares. It is somewhat ironic that the 800th anniversary of the death of St Francis of Assisi, will not be celebrated liturgically by the whole Church as it falls this year on a Sunday (October 4). The Second Vatican Council instructed that Sundays, major solemnities and Feasts of the Lord were to take precedence over the…
