Restless Hearts Fixed on God
Christopher Heffron
March 5, 2026
I spend my last night of my pilgrimage to Italy on the balcony of my hotel room drinking wine and looking up at a heavy sky.
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Christopher Heffron
Christopher Heffron is the editorial director at Franciscan Media.
Pray for Asylum Seekers
Christopher Heffron
February 27, 2026
It takes grit to cross a border for a better life, irrespective of laws. Asylum seekers are God’s beloved, too.
As God Desires
Christopher Heffron
February 20, 2026
That total abandonment to God would be Josephine’s legacy—and it is one we can work toward as 21st-century Catholics.
God’s Peace
Christopher Heffron
February 16, 2026
St. Francis of Assisi was a medieval man to his core, yet his problems were not dissimilar to what we face today.
The Weight of Sin
Christopher Heffron
February 2, 2026
God knows our flaws and loves us in spite of them. We are not irredeemable.
Hatred Is a Virus
Christopher Heffron
January 29, 2026
We cannot rewrite history—though it is our duty to learn from it. And there is a legacy for us to fall back on.
Audacious Hope
Christopher Heffron
January 19, 2026
Hope was always the bedrock of Dr. Martin Luther King’s work. “If you lose hope, somehow you lose the vitality that keeps moving,” he said.