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  • Saint of the Day

Saint Ignatius of Antioch

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  • Minute Meditations

Parenting Is Never Perfect

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Embracing Our Bodies

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Assuring a Person’s Salvation

Features

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Jane de Chantal: A Saint for the Depressed

When prayers feel empty

When Your Prayers Feel Empty 

Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi

Ilia Delio, OSF: Contemplating the Nature of the Universe 

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Brent Suter: Baseball, Faith, and the Environment 

The Road to Emmaus

The Road to Emmaus: Accompanying Those with Mental Illness 

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Why It’s So Hard to Forgive 

News

A young Venezuelan migrant carries a statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe as she walks with her family in caravan in an attempt to reach the U.S. border, in Tapachula, Mexico, Nov. 5, 2024. (OSV News photo/Daniel Becerril, Reuters)

Missouri’s Catholic bishops call for merciful, just immigration policies

Pope Leo XIV greets visitors and pilgrims from the popemobile as he rides around St. Peter's Square at the Vatican before his weekly general audience Oct. 15, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

Jesus provides sustenance, not ready-made answers, Pope Leo XIV says

A tapestry depicting St. Carlo Acutis hangs from the facade of St. Peter’s Basilica during the Mass for his canonization at the Vatican Sept. 7, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

Monastery where Carlo Acutis received first Communion in ruins after fire

People hold placards with pictures of hostages who were kidnapped in the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas, after a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip went into effect, at "Hostages Square" in Tel Aviv, Israel, Oct. 11, 2025. (OSV News photo/Ronen Zvulun, Reuters)

Amid historic deal, Gaza pastor says little is left after ‘tsunami’ of destruction

Commentary

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A Franciscan Perspective on the Fourth Industrial Revolution

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The Way of Compassion

Blessed Mother and Lady Liberty

Blessed Mother & Lady Liberty: Finding Safe Harbor

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The Sorrowful Mystery of Racism

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Strangers to Brothers: St. Francis and the Sultan

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Lady Jacoba and the Spirituality of Presence 

Inspiration

Plants of Clare

Whispers of Prayer from St. Clare 

Prayer tips from the saints

Prayer Tips from the Saints

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Finding True Joy 

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Clare and Francis: Assisi’s Most Dangerous Citizens

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Video: Learning to Love Who Jesus Loves

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Becoming a Practicing Mystic

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God Beyond Our Making: Atheism, Mysticism, and the Dark Night

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Choosing Relationship Over Ideology: A Franciscan Approach

God's flowers for St. Francis

Follow Francis, Serve God 

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I Walk the Line

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Living Hope 

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Choosing Relationship Over Ideology: A Franciscan Approach

A box of items sits ready for donation.

I Walk the Line

God's flowers for St. Francis

Follow Francis, Serve God 

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God Beyond Our Making: Atheism, Mysticism, and the Dark Night

Cuban artwork on a wall

Living Hope 

Profiles & Vocations

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Sister Kathy Warren, OSF: A Franciscan Journey of Renewal, Dialogue, and Service

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Father M.J. Groark: A Friar for Broken People

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Chloé Valdary: A Modern Mystic 

Sister Norma Pimentel plays with a child

Sister Norma Pimentel’s Mission 

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Daniel McLellan, OFM: Friar Fueled by ‘Love in Action’

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Mary Elizabeth Imler, OSF: Scientist, Teacher, Sister

Podcast

Episode 24

Gregory Cellini, OSF

A Franciscan Path to Purpose
Episode 19

Angela Alaimo O'Donnell, PhD

The Catholic Imagination
Episode 14

Rosemary Stets

Franciscanism 101
Episode 6

Richard Rohr, OFM

Eager to Love

Voices

Eyram Klu, OFS

Online: Franciscan Spirit
A Franciscan Perspective on the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Susan Hines-Brigger

October 2025 Issue
Medicine of Mercy

Richard B. Patterson, PhD

July/August 2025 Issue
Turn to the Beatitudes 

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Saint Ignatius of Antioch

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Parenting Is Never Perfect

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Embracing Our Bodies

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