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St. Bonaventure may not be as well-known as Sts. Francis and Anthony, but he is an important figure in both Franciscan history and the history of the medieval Church.
The Dinner
Paul (Steve Coogan), a high school history teacher, hesitates about going to dinner with his wife, Claire (Laura Linney), his brother, Congressman Stan Lohman (Richard Gere), and Stan’s wife, Katelyn (Rebecca Hall). Claire convinces him to go, unaware that Paul has found something disturbing on the cell phone that belongs to their son, Michael (Charlie Plummer).
The appeal of St. Francis remains undimmed almost eight centuries after his death. In looking at him, people have always been helped to see Christ.
In a document entitled The Message of Fatima, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith declared that “Fatima is undoubtedly the most prophetic of modern apparitions.” To understand the reason for this, we should look first at the historical context in which these messages were revealed.
Francis of Assisi is my model. He saw the world as a paradise and everything in it as gifts of the Father.
To think of Lent only as a time of penance is to do it an injustice.
Why do we make such a big deal out of the feast of someone we know so very little about?
The Eucharist cannot exist in isolation from life.
Pope Francis says Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is a role model for Americans. A scholar of Black Catholic history explains why.
His cause for sainthood was blocked for decades. Now the Church has beatified this Salvadoran archbishop.
