Franciscan Spirituality

Pope Francis blesses a young fan | Photo: Paul Haring

Encounters with Pope Francis

And even that wasn’t the worst. “I was really emotional in a moment where really no one saw,” Boehner said in a press conference.
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Eucharist and chalice

Eucharist: Jesus Always With Us

The majority of weekday Masses that I attended in the 1950s were “Low Masses” that involved no singing.
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Portiuncula in Assisi

Dedication of the Chapel of Our Lady of the Angels

Francis rebuilt this chapel with his own hands and died less than 50 feet away from it.
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compass on tapestry

Finding God in Life’s Transitions

Meeting God in the midst of our lives is nothing new.
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Statue of President Abraham Lincoln | Photo by Ed Fr on Unsplash

Abraham Lincoln: Model of Faith

Pope Francis mentioned four prominent Americans during his address to Congress on September 24, 2015.
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The First Words of Christ

For centuries we have reflected on the Seven Last Words of Christ during Lent, but few people have spent much time considering his earliest words in the Gospels at the same time.
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