Franciscan Media

October 3, 2025

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Stillness and Bells 

October 3, 2025

Legend has it that, in 1226, the bells of St. Stephen in Assisi began to clang spontaneously as Francis took his final breath.

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Woman thinking about divine creativity | Photo by Eye for Ebony on Unsplash

Divine Creativity

October 3, 2025
Grace is constantly inviting us to enter into an awareness of this flow of divine creativity.
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Pope Leo XIV listens during the opening session of an international conference celebrating the 10th anniversary of Pope Francis' encyclical "Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home," at the Mariapolis Center in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Oct. 1, 2025. (CNS photo/Pablo Esparza)

World must come together to fight climate change, Pope Leo says

October 3, 2025
People of faith cannot love God while despising his creatures, and people cannot call themselves Christians without caring for everything fragile and wounded, including the earth, Pope Leo XIV told climate activists and political and religious leaders.
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Can Second Cousins Marry?

October 3, 2025
A niece of my husband has become very close to one of her second cousins. They and some family members are questioning if they are too closely related to marry one another. Are they?
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