October 2022

Author, former Marine, ponders how faith tempers horror, violence

OSV News October 4, 2022

In interviews with CNS over the past several months, Phil Klay talked extensively about how his Catholic faith has influenced his writing.

Saint Francis of Assisi

Franciscan Media October 4

Saint Francis of Assisi: founder of the Franciscan family, Patron Saint of ecology, inspiration to thousands, claimed by people of all faiths as well as by those with no particular faith, a truly “catholic and apostolic man.” Though born in ...

Welcoming Sister Death

Murray Bodo, OFM October 3, 2022

He hoped Jesus’ coming to him would be like that. They would melt into one another, limb to limb and wound to wound, and Francis would rise completely in Jesus, flesh of His flesh, and his Journey would be ended ...

Novena to St. Francis | Day Nine: Death

Christopher Meyer October 3, 2022

In Francis’ final gift of poverty, he returned his mortal body to dust what was dust and to God what was God’s.

German bishops outraged by Cardinal Koch’s Nazi comparison

OSV News October 3, 2022

The president of the German bishops' conference demanded an apology from a Swiss cardinal at the Vatican over comments that brought up Germany's Nazi past.

Saint Theodora Guérin

Franciscan Media October 3

Saint Theodora Guérin was born in France but came to Vincennes, Indiana, at the invitation of the bishop. Eventually she established a new foundation of her community in the United States, but only after suffering many hardships.