






The life of St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) as related by followers who gather after his death to tell stories so that Leone can record them: a privileged and virile youth, a prisoner of war, an heir who turns away from his father and gives all to the poor, a beggar for others, and an inspiration to friends who accept the Gospels' life of poverty.

The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from...

In 1917, outside the parish of Fátima, Portugal, a 10-year-o...

At the tense 1938 Munich Conference, former friends who now ...