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- Jan 22, 2020
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Franciscan brother in Kenya named U.N. Person of the Year in Africa
- Oct 31, 2019
A Franciscan brother who teaches mathematics and physics in rural Kenya has been named Person of the Year by the United Nations in Kenya.
Wisconsin religious order doubles down on commitment to renewable energy
- Sep 7, 2019
True to their religious community’s founder, the Sisters of St. Francis of the Holy Cross continue to care for God’s creation.
In Mississippi Delta, Catholic abuse cases settled on cheap
- Aug 27, 2019
A famed Catholic religious order settled sex abuse cases in recent months by secretly paying two black Mississippi men $15,000 each and requiring them to keep silent about their claims, The Associated Press has found.
Bike accident sidelines U.S. priest who is Franciscan minister general
- Aug 21, 2019
U.S. Franciscan Father Michael Perry, minister general of the worldwide Order of Friars Minor, is stepping away from his duties for an indefinite period to recuperate from injuries sustained in a bicycling accident in Chicago.
Franciscans’ Denver meeting first phase of making six provinces into one
- Aug 13, 2019
History was made when close to 400 Franciscan friars — from 25 states as well as Canada, Italy Jamaica, Mexico and the Philippines — gathered in unity and fraternity in Denver for the religious order’s “Chapter of Mats.”
California campus removes bell marking Catholic missions
- Jun 22, 2019
A university in Northern California removed a bell marking the 18th century Catholic missions that Native Americans say glorifies racism.
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