A New Beginning

Richard Rohr, OFM February 17, 2021

So today you must pray for the desire to desire! Even if you do not feel it yet, ask for new and even unknown desires.

Sunday Soundbite for February 21, 2021

Greg Friedman, OFM February 17, 2021

With the [20th century] renewal of the catechumenate the Church sees Lent as a time of preparation for those to be baptized at Easter, and a time of renewal of baptism for all the rest of us.

Sharing the Word for February 17, 2021

Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk February 17, 2021

No one is exempt from the call to repentance simply because there is no one whose heart is already fully in tune with the Lord.

Franciscans mark 600 years as guardians of Christendom’s most sacred sites

OSV News February 15, 2021

Before he became guardian and commissary of the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in Washington in 2013, Franciscan Father Larry Dunham made his first trip to the Holy Land, where his order has cared for the most sacred shrines of Christendom for centuries.

A Tribute to Friar Jack Wintz

Franciscan Media February 2, 2021

Father Jack Wintz, OFM, former editor, friar, and friend, passed away on January 11, 2021. Four of his former colleagues remember this gentle friar.

Homeless need both a handout and a hand up, archbishop says

OSV News February 1, 2021

Giving some money or a blanket or a sandwich to a homeless person is a good and laudable thing, but a Christian who considers the beggar a brother or sister will do more, said Archbishop Cesare Nosiglia of Turin.

Panelists say abortion debate has become too political, needs wider focus

OSV News January 29, 2021

Overturning Roe v. Wade will not be the silver bullet many in the pro-life movement have hoped for. Even if the Supreme Court delivers a symbolic repudiation of its 1973 ruling, abortion will continue with state oversight and passions will run high on the extremes of the debate, according to speakers on a Jan. 27 webinar.