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St. Francis of Assisi: The Friar Abides

Dan Hugger, The Acton Institute St. Francis of Assisi died 800 years ago, in his mid-40s, on the third of October 1226. He is remembered the world over as the gentle patron saint...

MEETING FRANCIS AGAIN, THROUGH CARLO CARRETTO

Around fifty years ago, during a period of searching for my own path forward, my sister Svetlana gave me a copy of Carlo Carretto’s Letters from the Desert. At that time, my readin...

Amid Cornell scrutiny, St. Francis points young men toward a better fraternity

The young Francis of Assisi knew both the pleasures and dangers of male fraternity intimately. Eight hundred years after Francis' death, that story can give us a new lens on what f...

Pope Leo XIV: ‘The Charism of St. Francis Continues to Bear Fruit Even Today’

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How St. Francis of Assisi Shaped America — and 8 Other Franciscan Connections

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800 years on: Why St Francis of Assisi still captivates the world

4 October is St Francis’s Day, when Christians around the world remember the life and witness of Francis of Assisi. This year’s observance has particular significance, marking the...

St. Francis Teaches Us About Death, 800 Years After His Own

D. Horan, NCR I think that St. Francis of Assisi, whose own death anniversary we commemorate on Oct. 3, would find a lot to like in Gawande's book and broader message. And althoug...

The Saint Behind the 'Dark Night'

Gigi Duncan, National Catholic Register This year, the Catholic Church is celebrating St. Francis of Assisi. There are pilgrimages, celebrations and commemorations marking 800 yea...

James Martin is the new face of the Francis-Leo Church — and conservatives are hosting him

The Ape of the Church is now on full display. The Napa Institute, a conservative Catholic bastion funded by wealthy orthodox donors, invited Fr. James Martin to carry the monstranc...

Pause for Prayer: Feast of Saint Francis

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ROME 26/10– Day 03: Still rocky

Since today is the Transitus of St. Francis and tomorrow is his feast day (he is co-patron here, so Sunday Mass will be in white), here is an image from an altar painting at The Pa...

After 800 years, why do we still treat St. Francis as a glorified garden gnome?

One of the first things I did when we moved into our semi-furnished rental last year was place a 12-inch concrete statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary — one of the few possessions I'd...

New Provincial for Ranchi Province: Fr Francis Minj takes the Helm

In Assisi, cardinals and friars celebrate the 800th anniversary of St. Francis' death

The feast day celebrations began on Oct. 3 with a night procession and a solemn commemoration of the Transitus ("passage"), the traditional Franciscan prayer service in the Basilic...