Lent with Padre Pio: Tuesday of Holy Week

Franciscan Media April 15, 2025

While things were not always as he wished, Padre Pio accepted what the Lord had asked of him.

St. Francis, Contemplation, and Sister Earth

Franciscan Media April 14, 2025

Franciscan contemplation opens the heart and mind to take in more of the world, its beauty and suffering. Contemplative practice dilates one’s heart, like a

Lent with Padre Pio: Monday of Holy Week

Franciscan Media April 14, 2025

Each of us has a special role to play in the life of the Church. Our task is to prayerfully discern what that role is.

Lent with Padre Pio: Palm Sunday

Franciscan Media April 13, 2025

To this day, Padre Pio is venerated for his holiness, simplicity, and poverty—three characteristics we can all try to emulate.

Lessons Learned Through Struggle

Kathy Coffey April 12, 2025

Difficult experiences are the hardest things for which to be thankful. But sometimes years later, we may see how a gift was hidden there.

Lent with Padre Pio: Fifth Saturday

Franciscan Media April 12, 2025

From a very young age, Padre Pio spoke of interactions he had with angels, as well as saints and demons. In fact, when he was a child, he often spoke of his guardian angel as his friend.

A Sacred Call to Rebuild God’s Church

Sr. Rosemary Stets, OSF April 11, 2025

Today, the Church is enmeshed in scandals, a Church in crisis—of authority, credibility, and division.

The Look of Love

Herman Sutter April 11, 2025

In the last part of Dante’s Divine Comedy, as he travels through heaven, Dante comes to realize that it isn’t through any effort on his part. Something else moves him through his journey. And that is love.