The tomb of St Francis of Assisi in Assisi, Italy. Photo: OSV News / courtesy Basilica of St Francis of Assisi. There is something very strange about standing beside the bones of someone who died 800 years ago. And yet, as I stood beside the remains of St Francis of Assisi earlier this year, I found myself speaking to him as though he were alive. Perhaps that was because, for me, this was never simply a…
