Franciscan Media

July 6, 2023

Baby being bpatized

Can This Child be Baptized?

July 6, 2023

My daughter and her boyfriend are not married but would like their newborn to be baptized in the Catholic Church.

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People who fled their homes due to fighting between the Afar Special Forces and the Tigray People's Liberation Front in Berhale, Ethiopia, wait for food near a makeshift compound in Afdera district, Feb. 23, 2022. (OSV News photo/Tiksa Negeri, Reuters)

Bishop: Suffering from war, hunger ‘beyond human imagination’ in Ethiopia

July 6, 2023
Stopping food aid in Ethiopia from the United States and United Nations caused severe hunger that has killed hundreds of people in the northern Tigray region in recent weeks, and one local bishop said the situation is "beyond human imagination."
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Finding Our Inner Peace

July 6, 2023
Peace is achieved more effectively by trying to bring out the best, not pointing out the worst, in others.
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bored woman looking through wood blinds

Deliver Us From Boredom

July 6, 2023
The endless barrage from the 24-hour news cycle, social media posts, and streaming programs seek to keep our eyes glued at all times.
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Saint Maria Goretti

Purity & Purpose: The Brief Life of St. Maria Goretti

July 6, 2023
Maria Goretti's canonization saw the conversion of her murderer and his reconciliation with her family. Today she is known as a model of mercy.
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