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Solemnity of All Saints
  • Saint of the Day

Solemnity of All Saints

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  • Minute Meditations

What’s In a Name?

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  • Pause+Pray

Saints Among Us

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  • Ask a Franciscan

Who Assigns Patron Saints?

Features

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Are You a Good Listener? 

Michele Dunne and others

A Diplomat’s Journey to Activism 

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Sister Norma Pimentel’s Mission 

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Why It’s So Hard to Forgive 

News

Mourners gather for the funeral of members of the Abu Dalal family in Nuseirat, in central Gaza Strip, Oct. 29, 2025, who were killed in an overnight Israeli strike on their home, according to medics. (OSV News photo/Mahmoud Issa, Reuters)

With Gaza situation fragile, Christian’s presence in Holy Land ‘threatened’

A handout photograph, shot in January 2024, shows women and babies at the Zamzam displacement camp, close to el-Fasher in North Darfur, Sudan. (OSV News photo/Mohamed Zakaria, MSF handout via Reuters) Editors: THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT

With thousands trapped in Sudan, Catholic leaders amplify calls to end war

A person poses with a dose of Novavax Nuvaxovid COVID-19 vaccine in this illustration photo taken in Schwenksville, Pa., Oct. 2, 2025. (OSV News photo/Hannah Beier, Reuters)

Despite policy changes, COVID-19 vaccines may hold promising new uses

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How Doctors of the Church Are Chosen

Commentary

Jesus said: Love the Poor

Dilexi te’s Urgent Plea: Risk the Poor or Lose Jesus

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A Franciscan Perspective on the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Blessed Mother and Lady Liberty

Blessed Mother & Lady Liberty: Finding Safe Harbor

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Follow Francis, Serve God 

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Lady Jacoba and the Spirituality of Presence 

Inspiration

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Finding True Joy 

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Whispers of Prayer from St. Clare 

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Video: Learning to Love Who Jesus Loves

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Becoming a Practicing Mystic

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Finding God on the Camino

Current Issue

November/December

Dear Reader

‘We Happy Few’

Editorial

Opening Our Ears to Our Lady 

Feature

We Are the Bricks of the Church 

Feature

St. Francis and Christmas: A Celebration of Love 

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Columns

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God Beyond Our Making: Atheism, Mysticism, and the Dark Night

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I Walk the Line

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Living Hope 

Don Cheadle stars in a scene from the movie "Hotel Rwanda." The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification is A-III -- adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 -- parents are strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. (CNS photo from United Artists) (Oct. 19, 2009) See MEDIA NOTEBOOK Oct. 19, 2009.

Hollywood and Holiness: How Film Can Be a Teacher

Don Cheadle stars in a scene from the movie "Hotel Rwanda." The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification is A-III -- adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 -- parents are strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. (CNS photo from United Artists) (Oct. 19, 2009) See MEDIA NOTEBOOK Oct. 19, 2009.

Hollywood and Holiness: How Film Can Be a Teacher

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I Walk the Line

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God Beyond Our Making: Atheism, Mysticism, and the Dark Night

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Living Hope 

Profiles & Vocations

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Sister Margaret Carney, OSF: A Lifetime of Footsteps on the Franciscan Way 

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Chloé Valdary: A Modern Mystic 

Brother Clark Berge, SSF

Brother Clark Berge, SSF: Running with the Spirit of Francis 

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Mary Elizabeth Imler, OSF: Scientist, Teacher, Sister

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Sister Kathy Warren, OSF: A Franciscan Journey of Renewal, Dialogue, and Service

Podcast

Episode 25

Ronald Rolheiser, OMI

A Spirituality of Aging and Letting Go
Episode 19

Angela Alaimo O'Donnell, PhD

The Catholic Imagination
Episode 14

Rosemary Stets

Franciscanism 101
Episode 8

Susan Saint Sing

Embracing God in Aloneness

Voices

Peter Feuerherd

October 2025 Issue
Brent Suter: Baseball, Faith, and the Environment 

Susan Hines-Brigger

October 2025 Issue
Medicine of Mercy

Daniel Imwalle

September 2025 Cover
Sister Norma Pimentel’s Mission 

Eunice Park

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

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Daily

  • Saint of the Day
Solemnity of All Saints

Solemnity of All Saints

  • Minute Meditations
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What’s In a Name?

  • Pause+Pray
female teacher in a classroom at a school.

Saints Among Us

  • Ask a Franciscan
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Who Assigns Patron Saints?