Valentine's Day fell on Ash Wednesday in 1945 and 2018. It seems strange to celebrate Ash Wednesday on a day when we typically indulge in dining out and boxes of…
The Turkish Bishops concluded their ad limina visit meeting with Pope Francis on February 9. An Ad Limina visit is a periodic obligatory visit made by all bishops’ conferences to Rome.…
(If you missed part one, click here -)(For part two, click here -)Our efforts at the International Franciscan Center for Dialogue have not always born fruit. One cannot really make…
(If you missed part one, click here -) Ten Commandments of Peacemaking In reality, it does sound very typically Franciscan to just “let it happen,” but we do have a…
This year is the 750th anniversary of the death of the Seraphic Doctor (d. July 15, 1274). On February 2, 2024, the Ministers General of the First Order and the…
Friar Peter Damian Massengill received a phone call in the middle of night from his provincial, Friar Wayne Hellmann, who was attending the General Chapter in Rome. The Minister General…