St. Francis and the Feast of Pardon
The Feast of Pardon, as it is called in Italy, always attracts thousands of visitors and pilgrims to Assisi.
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St. Clare’s Gamble
Many people thought Clare of Assisi, a noblewoman, was wasting her life by living as a cloistered nun at San Damiano. She proved them wrong.
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St. Clare, COVID-19, and the Communion of Saints
“He died alone!” “We were not with her!” These lamentations are heard daily as people recount the most bitter experience of losing a loved one to COVID-19.
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Lent with the Saints: Clare
Clare’s vocation, nurtured in her family’s home with her mother and sisters, had grown into a longing to live the gospel life in simple service.
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Why St. Francis Belongs on the Birdbath
Since his death, St. Francis of Assisi has been the subject of some of the world’s most admired works of art.
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Clare and Francis: Assisi’s Most Dangerous Citizens
Sometimes we are so attracted to the saints for our own reasons that we fail to see how radical they were in their day.
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