The Franciscan Federation’s Journey Forward

Guest Blogger April 24, 2025

As I begin my tenure as the executive director of the Franciscan Federation, I’m experiencing a bit of a homecoming.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks as he participates in a bilateral meeting with British Foreign Minister David Lammy at the Commerzbank in Munich, Germany, February 14, 2025.

JD Vance announces trip to Rome, meeting at Vatican

OSV News April 17, 2025

U.S. Vice President JD Vance will be in Rome April 18 and has meetings planned with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, his office said.

Thousands of pilgrims process from All Souls Church in Alhambra, Calif., to the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles April 5, 2025.

God fills 6,000 pilgrims ‘with his graces’ as they take to LA streets with prayer, witness

OSV News April 11, 2025

When the 6,000 pilgrims arrived at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels after a sun-drenched, seven-mile morning walk April 5, they had to face one last challenge: fitting in their destination.

Lent with Padre Pio: Fifth Friday

Franciscan Media April 11, 2025

Padre Pio was a man who admired simplicity. He wholly lived the Franciscan spirit of poverty with detachment from self, possessions, and comforts.

Embracing St. Francis’ ‘Canticle of the Creatures’

Franciscan Media April 4, 2025

The Canticle of the Creatures Most high, all-powerful, all good, Lord!All praise is yours, all glory, all honorAnd all blessing.To you alone, Most High, do

A pilgrimage touches the reliquary containing a relic of the heart of Blessed Carlo Acutis during Sept. 21, 2024, public veneration at St. Anthony’s Church in Manchester, England. The relic of Blessed Carlo, who will be canonized in 2025, attracted more than 5,000 pilgrims during a Sept. 20-23 visit. (OSV News photo/Simon Caldwell)

A saint with a song: Carlo Acutis honored in ‘Corpus Christi’ video

OSV News April 4, 2025

Blessed Carlo Acutis, the Italian teen set to be canonized April 27, has been hailed as a model for modern youth — and now, the soon-to-be-saint and his devotion to the Eucharist have been honored in a new single and video.

Lent with Padre Pio: Third Saturday

Franciscan Media March 29, 2025

Padre Pio had a remedy for that feeling of discouragement: Always turn to God.

Franciscanism 101

Sr. Rosemary Stets, OSF March 25, 2025

Sister Rosemary Stets, OSF, is a Bernardine Franciscan Sister and author of the book Franciscan Field Guide: People, Places, Practices, and Prayers. She has served on the

St. Mary Magdalene: Leader and Visionary

Mark Etling, PhD March 22, 2025

One early Christian writing describes Mary Magdalene as equal to the apostles, perhaps even a leader among them. It claims that anyone with spiritual maturity has the ability and authority to teach and interpret the Gospel.