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St. Francis and His ‘Canticle of the Creatures’
This poem was a hymn of praise to God for all of creation.
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Three Principles to Heal Division
Chloé Simone Valdary offers a roadmap to reconciliation and understanding in our divided times.
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Saint Cornelius

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Single and Singularly Happy

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Don’t Live in Yesterday

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The Stage Between Blessed and Saint?

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News

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

Commentator Charlie Kirk appears at a Utah Valley University speaking event in Orem, Utah, Sept. 10, 2025.

Bishops, officials call for prayer after Charlie Kirk shot and killed

A hunter's moon rises behind a statue of St. Francis of Assisi on the grounds of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion in Champion, Wisconsin.

Franciscans celebrate 800th anniversary of “The Canticle of the Creatures”

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St. Anthony Messenger magazine

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If You Want Peace, Work for Justice

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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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Jesus’ Sacred Heart Connects Everything  

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Becoming a Practicing Mystic

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Millennial to Millennial: A Reflection on Carlo Acutis

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Let’s Reclaim Our Creativity 

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Living Hope 

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Podcast

Episode 21

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 

Eunice Park

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

Murray Bodo, OFM

May 2025 Issue
Mary: Mother and Mystic 

Darleen Pryds, PhD

April 2025 Cover Story
Living ‘The Canticle of the Creatures’ 

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Daily

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Saint Cornelius

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Single and Singularly Happy

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Don’t Live in Yesterday

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The Stage Between Blessed and Saint?