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St. Francis and His ‘Canticle of the Creatures’
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Saint Joseph of Cupertino

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Radical Honesty

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Faith When You Feel Nothing

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Features

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Mary, Untier of Knots

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Nuns Against Gun Violence 

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Mychal Judge, OFM: Hero on 9/11

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The Structures of Sin 

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The Upper Room Crisis Hotline 

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St. Francis and the Gift of Love 

News

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

Pilgrims brave heavy rain to place flowers and pray Sept 8, 2025, at the the National Shrine of Our Lady of Charity in Miami, affectionately known as La Ermita de La Caridad, for the annual feast of Our Lady of Charity and the 25th anniversary of La Ermita's designation as a national shrine by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in 2000. (OSV News photo/Tom Tracy)

Cuban Americans celebrate feast of Our Lady of Charity

Con una bandera estadounidense al fondo, el Papa León XIV saluda a la multitud desde el papamóvil mientras recorre la plaza de San Pedro en el Vaticano antes de su audiencia general del 6 de agosto de 2025. (Foto CNS/Vatican Media)

Pew finds US Catholics ‘like what they’ve seen’ in Pope Leo

An Italian policeman watches as immigrants board a van after they disembarked from an Italian coast guard boat at the port in Lampedusa, Italy, July 9. The day before in Lampedusa, Pope Francis lamented the sufferings of people who flee their homeland and mourned those who have died doing so. The island has been a landing point for scores of immigrants from Africa attempting to make their way to Europe. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) (July 9, 2013)

Migrants are not enemies, just brothers and sisters in need, Pope Leo says

Commentary

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Strangers to Brothers: St. Francis and the Sultan

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The Way of Compassion

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Building Peace in a Nation Divided 

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Will I See My Pet in Heaven?

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Dear Carlo Acutis…

Inspiration

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Turn to the Beatitudes 

Father Murray Bodo

Video: Why We Should Embrace Our Enemies

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A Look at the Peace Prayer of St. Francis

Canticle of the Creatures

Living ‘The Canticle of the Creatures’ 

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Midlife and Sister Death

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On the Road Paved by St. Francis 

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Mary: Mother and Mystic 

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St. Anthony Messenger magazine

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If You Want Peace, Work for Justice

Editorial

A Bill That’s Anything but Beautiful 

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Sister Norma Pimentel’s Mission 

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Encounter Jesus the Healer 

Let Us Pray

The Imagination’s Pathway to Prayer 

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Video: Learning to Love Who Jesus Loves

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Becoming a Practicing Mystic

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Welcome, Pope Leo XIV 

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Help Me to Be Simon 

Photos of Blessed Carlo Acutis

A Mother’s Loss, Our Gain 

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Video: Learning to Love Who Jesus Loves

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A Mother’s Loss, Our Gain 

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Welcome, Pope Leo XIV 

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Help Me to Be Simon 

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Becoming a Practicing Mystic

Profiles & Vocations

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

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Sister Norma Pimentel’s Mission 

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An Interview with Sister Megan Rice

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Catholic Extension Society: Stacking Stones on the Margins

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St. Francis Builds: Transforming Lives through Faith and Construction

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Henryk Cisowski, OFM Cap: Salvation and Service

Podcast

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Wm. Paul Young

Trinity, Union, and the Lie of Separation
Episode 20

Chloe Valdary

Three Principles to Heal Division
Episode 13

Margaret Carney

Saint Clare’s Leadership in a Time of Division
Episode 6

Richard Rohr

Eager to Love

Voices

Susan Hines-Brigger

September 2025 Issue
A Bill That’s Anything but Beautiful 

Richard B. Patterson, PhD

July/August 2025 Issue
Turn to the Beatitudes 

Eunice Park

July/August 2025 Issue
On the Road Paved by St. Francis 

Murray Bodo, OFM

May 2025 Issue
Mary: Mother and Mystic 

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Stigmatics

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