From Zenit:
Assisi is preparing to host an event that will mark the spiritual history of the 21st century. In the framework of the eighth centenary of the death of St. Francis, in 2026 the Saint’s body will be publicly displayed for the first time, a gesture of faith and hope, which seeks to unite the world around his message of peace, brotherhood, and love for the Creator. The official announcement was made on October 4, the day of Italy’s Patron Saint, from the loggia in the Lower Square of the Basilica of St. Francis. Confirmed there, before thousands of people, was that between February 22 and March 22, 2026, the remains of the Poverello of Assisi will be transferred from the crypt, where they rest, and placed at the foot of the papal altar in the lower church of the Basilica.