Franciscans & Climate Change: COP30

On November 10-22, 2025, Brazil hosted the 30th United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP30). The meeting took place in Belém, in the Brazilian state of Pará, located in the heart…

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Saint Maximilian Kolbe
Statues of Saint Maximilian Kolbe and Saint Francis of Assisi, St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish in Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Saint Maximilian Kolbe

“The most deadly poison of our time is indifference. Let us strive, therefore, to praise Him (God) to the greatest extent of our powers.” Saint Maximilian Kolbe August 14 is…

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Preaching to the Birds

This year is the 800th anniversary of Saint Francis' composition of The Canticle of the Creatures. The inauguration of this anniversary took place in Assisi on January 11, 2025. (Learn more…

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Beyond Tree Planting
At a school in Kenya, Friar Michael Lasky gives an introduction to Franciscan prayer as a means of engaging in JPIC work.

Beyond Tree Planting

A New Vision for JPIC in Kenya JPIC in Kenya is expanding beyond tree planting in schools and parishes to include ministry at a prison with child inmates and visits…

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Saint Josephine Bakhita

Josephine Bakhita was canonized in 2000. Her feast day is February 8. Here's her story. Josephine Bakhita was born in the Sudan around 1869. Kidnapped by Arab slave traders when…

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