WATCH: Pope Francis Makes Moving Pilgrimage To Assisi

October 4, 2013 Subscribe · Forward WATCH: Pope Francis Follows Footsteps Of Namesake ASSISI, Italy -- ASSISI, Italy (AP) — Pope Francis made a pilgrimage Friday to the hillside Italian town of Assisi, following in the footsteps of his namesake, St. Francis, the 13th-century friar who renounced a wealthy, dissolute lifestyle to embrace a life of poverty and service to the poor. According to tradition, St. Francis was famously told by God to "repair my house." Continue reading... Church Makes A Miracle Happen For Muslim-Born Man Hobby Lobby Employee To Jews: 'We Don't Cater To You People' Latin Mass Clash? 'The Court Is The Leprosy Of The Papacy,' Says Pope Francis Happy Birthday Mahatma Gandhi! 'The Court Is The Leprosy Of The Papacy,' Says Pope Francis 'The Court Is The Leprosy Of The Papacy,' Says Pope Francis SUSAN RAVA God and Alzheimer's A voice in the center of my being told me that I belonged, not in Montana, but with my parents. What voice was this I heard? For me, it was God who directed me to accompany my father and mother in their decline. Continue reading... BERNARD STARR "Love Your Neighbor as Yourself": Failing Grade for Religious America Listen to sermons throughout religious America and you are likely to hear variations on the lofty principle featured in both the Old and New Testaments: "Love your neighbor as yourself." But as we well know talk can be cheap. Continue reading... VAMSEE JULURI Hind Swaraj: Mahatma Gandhi's Timeless Manifesto for "Self-Rule" For all the Gandhi-reverence we learned in our schools and culture, it seems to me an incredible loss that I did not ever get a chance to read his book Hind Swaraj anywhere in the course of my school or college education. Now that I teach it in some of my classes. Continue reading... SARAH CUNNINGHAM 5 Myths of Current Christian Culture That Detract From Faith Anyone can grab a pot and a wooden spoon and stand out the street clamoring for attention. Go ahead. Set up a soapbox. Buy a spotlight. Sell tickets. Put on a show. But turning heads? Please don't tell me that's how you measure success. Continue reading... WAYNE MEISEL Government's off, Soup's on! Just because the government can't bridge gridlock doesn't mean that we can't break bread together. Time for a Soup-in! Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003