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St. Francis and His ‘Canticle of the Creatures’
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Chloé Valdary: A Modern Mystic
This writer and peace activist offers an alternative approach to guide Americans
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Pope Leo XIV greets visitors and pilgrims from the popemobile as he rides around St. Peter's Square at the Vatican before his weekly general audience Oct. 15, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

Jesus provides sustenance, not ready-made answers, Pope Leo XIV says

A tapestry depicting St. Carlo Acutis hangs from the facade of St. Peter’s Basilica during the Mass for his canonization at the Vatican Sept. 7, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

Monastery where Carlo Acutis received first Communion in ruins after fire

People hold placards with pictures of hostages who were kidnapped in the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas, after a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip went into effect, at "Hostages Square" in Tel Aviv, Israel, Oct. 11, 2025. (OSV News photo/Ronen Zvulun, Reuters)

Amid historic deal, Gaza pastor says little is left after ‘tsunami’ of destruction

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, longtime chaplain of the Loyola University Chicago men's basketball team and campus icon, smiles after the team won in the first round game of the NCAA Tournament against the University of Miami 2018 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas. Sister Jean died at age 106 Oct. 9, 2025. (OSV News photo/courtesy Loyola University Chicago)

Sister Jean, Loyola icon and chaplain of men’s basketball team, dies at 106

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I Walk the Line

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A Franciscan Perspective on the Fourth Industrial Revolution

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

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Podcast

Episode 24

Gregory Cellini, OSF

A Franciscan Path to Purpose
Episode 15

Darleen Pryds, PhD

How the Canticle Invites a Spirituality of Letting Go
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Margaret Carney, OSF

Saint Clare’s Leadership in a Time of Division
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Garrett Galvin, OFM

Renewal in a Franciscan Key

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A Franciscan Perspective on the Fourth Industrial Revolution

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

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