Other Popes making significant contributions to Francescana Pope Paul VI approved the updated Rule for the OFS in 1978.Pope John Paul I, born Albino Luciani, was elected pope in August…
Friar Joseph Wood, Assistant General for the Conventual Franciscan Friars (CFF), continued his canonical visitations across the United States in May and June of 2024. Canonical visitations are a way…
Friar Martin de Porres Maria Ward welcomed Sister Death on June 22, 1999. He was 81 years old and had lived 51 years as a Conventual Franciscan Friar – much…
Franciscan Popes - Part 10 (An excerpt from a presentation by friar Joseph Wood OFM Conv.Read the introduction to this seriesRead Part 2 of the the series: Pope Gregory XI?Part…
This spring, Friar Joseph Wood, Assistant General for the Conventual Franciscan Federation (CFF), made a canonical visit to the Province of Our Lady of Consolation. Beginning at the San Damiano…
June 13 is the Feast Day for Saint Anthony of Padua, Priest and Doctor of the Church. In 1223, Francis appointed Anthony as the first professor of theology for the…