Friar in the News

Conventual Franciscan Friar Fr. Julio Martinez was featured in the Chatham News and Record: 'Living sermons': Black and Latino churches lead faith vaccination efforts in Chatham.Fr. Julio is pastor of…

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Season of Creation

Change the World with the Courage of the Youth We are in the Season of Creation, and Pope Francis has released a video calling for a return to a simpler…

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Venerable Servant of God Placido Cortese

"the Italian Fr. Kolbe" Like St. Maximilian Kolbe, Conventual Franciscan Fr. Placido Cortese directed a Catholic publication, the Messenger of Saint Anthony. And, like St. Kolbe, Friar Placido was tortured…

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Remembering the Martyrs of Chimbote

In August 1991 guerrillas of the Shining Path terrorist group escalated their violence against the Catholic Church in Chimbote, Peru. The terrorists announced that they would kill a priest every…

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Bishop Vincent Long OFM Conv.

"My hope for the Plenary Council" In October 2021, the Catholic Church in Australia will gather for the first Assembly of the Plenary Council since the second Vatican Council (1962-1965).…

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Where is Justice?

You can listen and read along as Friar Fabian Adderley recites his poem, Where is Justice? Franciscan Voice · Where Is Justice Friar Fabian Adderley was born in Nassau, in…

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