Franciscan Media

News & Commentary

Washington Auxiliary Bishop Roy E. Campbell Jr. blesses the cemetery at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Bowie, Md. Nov. 15, 2025.

Washington Archdiocese’s project honors those enslaved by Catholic Church in Maryland

November 19, 2025
During a Nov. 15 commemoration of Black Catholic History Month at Sacred Heart Church in Bowie, the Archdiocese of Washington unveiled a new project that seeks to "honor those enslaved by the Catholic Church in Maryland."
Read More →
People in a church

Franciscan Friars Vote to Unify

May 14, 2020
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Voicing their support for the revitalization of Franciscan life in the United States, six provinces of the Order of Friars Minor have voted to form one new organization. On May 30, the friars of each of the ...
Read More →