Franciscan Media

September 18, 2025

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Video: Learning to Love Who Jesus Loves

September 18, 2025

Margaret Carney, OSF: “I have a cousin who belongs to a Methodist congregation that’s doing a lot of work in this area [peace building] that …

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sorrowful man.

Radical Honesty

September 18, 2025
Francis was as much subject to self-doubt as any of us. His motives were purified in prayer; his ego became right-sized there.
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Hands open on a Bible in prayer next to a candle.

Faith When You Feel Nothing

September 18, 2025
Some days faith feels like a fire. Other days it’s a cold ember, barely glowing.
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People attend the burial of victims of a Sept. 8-9, 2025, massacre in Ntoyo, in the area of St. Joseph of Manguredjipa Catholic Parish, in the Congolese province of North Kivu. According to local sources close to the charity, the massacre -- attributed to the Allied Democratic Forces -- left at least 64 dead, many of whom were killed while taking part in a wake. (OSV News photo/courtesy Aid to the Church)

Over 60 people killed in Ntoyo, Congo, by Islamic State group supporters

September 18, 2025
The pontifical charity Aid to the Church in Need expressed its "deep concern and solidarity" with the families of the victims of a brutal attack carried out on the night of Sept. 8-9 in Ntoyo.
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Stigmatics

Why Doesn’t the Church Rule on Stigmatics?

September 18, 2025
In one of your columns, you mentioned in passing that the church does not rule on stigmatics. Why is that?
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