
Mauro Cardinal Gambetti
Mauro Cardinal Gambetti, in his mid-50s, is one of the youngest cardinals in the Church.
Conventuals speak in the name of something greater than ourselves. We are not a collection of individual voices, but a chorus harmonizing for the advancement of the Kingdom. Francis understood the men who came to follow him as a gift from the Lord; he received and celebrated that gift! The friars’ life in fraternity is the heart of our charism and exists as our primary mission. Community life, in the Franciscan vision, is an end in and of itself.

Mauro Cardinal Gambetti, in his mid-50s, is one of the youngest cardinals in the Church.

Fr. Michael Lasky OFM Conv. will become the new General Delegate for Justice, Peace, and
Friar Charles McCarthy continues his reflection on Pope Francis’ Let Us Dream, A Path to
Have a question for Inquire of a Friar? Just email us at community@franciscanvoice.org