
What Is the Secular Franciscan Order?
Even though I have long known that there are Franciscan sisters, brothers, and priests, a friend recently told me about a group that is completely new to me: the Secular Franciscan Order.
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Even though I have long known that there are Franciscan sisters, brothers, and priests, a friend recently told me about a group that is completely new to me: the Secular Franciscan Order.

It is in these times of political violence that I seek refuge under the mantles of Lady Liberty and the Blessed Mother.

Consider observing this ancient holy season to renew and enrich your spiritual life this autumn.

There are a lot of people who could use some “medicine of mercy,” and our faith is calling us to provide it.

Our temptation is to admire saints from such a distance that we forget they were still human beings who cooperated with God’s grace.

Walking through the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica, the culmination of any Jubilee pilgrimage, many LGBTQ Catholics and the people who minister with them kissed or caressed the panels of the door. Some cried.

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Carlo Acutis, the millennial teenager whose story has impacted countless people all around the world, will soon be canonized by the Catholic Church.

Rather than beginning with St. Maximilian Kolbe’s early life or missionary work, new film “Triumph of the Heart” opens at the moment many accounts conclude: his entry into the starvation cell.

Prayer cannot be judged on the basis of “highs” or “feel-good” experiences.