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The Mirror on Eternity

Margaret Carney, OSF August 2, 2023

For St. Clare, meditation on Christ’s passion was always an expression of trust in God the Father.

Two people smiling at National Black Catholic Congress in Maryland

‘The church needs our gifts’: Black Catholics at national congress reflect on their calling

OSV News July 28, 2023

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (OSV News) — As people left the July 23 closing Mass for the National Black Catholic Congress, Vernon Taylor of St. Joseph’s

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The Paradox of Franciscan Spirituality

Richard Rohr, OFM July 18, 2023

St. Francis wanted us to stay close to the cracks in the social fabric, and not to ensconce ourselves at the safe, even churchy, center.

Share God’s Love through Franciscan Media

Christopher Meyer July 17, 2023

As Franciscan Media begins a new fiscal year will you prayerfully consider joining a faithful donor community who desires to make the world a better

A Ukrainian soldier picks up unexploded parts of a cluster bomb left after Russia's invasion near the village of Motyzhyn, Ukraine, April 10, 2022. In a CNN interview July 9, 2023, U.S. President Joe Biden defended what he called a "very difficult decision" to provide cluster munitions to Ukraine amid Russia's invasion of that country, weapons the Vatican opposes. (OSV News photo/Mykola Tymchenko, Reuters)

US to Provide Ukraine Cluster Munitions Opposed by the Church As ‘Inhumane’

OSV News July 17, 2023

President Joe Biden defended what he called a “very difficult decision” to provide cluster munitions to Ukraine amid Russia’s invasion of that country, weapons the Vatican opposes.

A Prayer for St. Kateri

Jack Wintz, OFM July 14, 2023

Her purity, her tenacity, her openness to others—these and other attributes keep St. Kateri close to her followers’ hearts.

Global synod’s discussion of LGBTQ+ raises pastoral questions

OSV News July 13, 2023

Those who minister to, or are part of, the community of people who identify as LGBTQ+ have observed a noted shift with respect to them and their concerns in the working document for the Catholic Church’s forthcoming synod of bishops convened by Pope Francis.