Franciscan Media

Poverty

man kneeling before a cross

St. Francis and the Cross

September 10, 2025

Francis always mentioned humility in the same breath with poverty.

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A worker with Jesuit Refugee Service is seen in a 2023 photo offering physical therapy to a woman in Renk, South Sudan, as part of the response to the conflict in Sudan. A pause on U.S. foreign aid is affecting critical programs carried out by nongovernmental organizations like JRS. (OSV News photo/courtesy JRS)

CRS, African women religious describe impact of US foreign aid cuts

March 17, 2025
Women religious from Africa and a representative of Catholic Relief Services, the overseas charitable arm of the Catholic Church in the U.S., grappled with the Trump administration’s cuts to foreign aid.
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young man holding his ears closed

Do Not Close Your Ears

February 24, 2025
Too often, the poor, the needy, the homeless, and the destitute are not heard.
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homeless man holding a cardboard sign

Reading the Words on the Signs

December 5, 2024
There are so many ways to help and give back, it’s almost impossible to not find something that works for you.
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volunteers at a food bank preparing food bags for the poor.

Care for the Poor

November 8, 2024
Being present to the poor through friendship, solidarity, and service isn’t just a helpful set of moral principles.
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Sister Pat Madden poses in an undated photo before a wall covered with welcome signs given by clients to the Sisters of St. Joseph Welcome Center in Philadelphia. The center offers in-person and online courses in literacy and citizenship and is accredited by the U.S. Department of Justice to assist immigrants with the naturalization process. Some 58 volunteer teachers work with more than 150 students. (OSV News photo/Dan Stockman, Global Sisters Report)

Philadelphia’s St. Joseph Center serves immigrants, is ‘ready for any good work’

November 8, 2024
More than 20 years ago, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Philadelphia were dreaming of a way to help the many Albanian and other East European immigrants who were moving to the area.
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man living in a hammock is reflecting

Wedded to Lady Poverty

August 20, 2024
As the story of Francis progresses, it becomes evident that the true religion here means gospel poverty, the poverty of the poor Christ.
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