St. Francis of Assisi Archives

13th-century encounter points way to greater Christian-Muslim understanding

Catholic News Service, Church in the Middle East
Nov 10, 2019

Eight centuries ago, St. Francis of Assisi took a risk when he crossed the battlefield between Crusader and Muslim forces near Damietta, Egypt, desiring to meet Sultan al-Malik al-Kamil and preach his faith in Jesus Christ.

On feast of St. Francis, Pope joins Amazonians to plant tree at Vatican

Amazon synod, Catholic News Service, Vatican
Oct 4, 2019

Pope Francis joined Amazonian church workers and indigenous people Oct. 4, the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, to plant a tree in the Vatican Gardens.

In Italy, even getting a pug offers a graduate lesson in Catholicism

News Analysis
Jul 27, 2019

If you’re at all interested in Catholicism, just moving around Italy is like a graduate education in Church history.

Monastery connects U.S. Catholics to Holy Land, events in Christ’s life

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Jul 14, 2019

Father James Gardiner, a Franciscan Friar of the Atonement, who is director of special projects at the monastery, said the gardens and the replicas are meant to “whet your appetite” for seeing the real things in the Holy Land.

Top Vatican official says Americans misunderstand pope’s social agenda

Vatican
May 15, 2019

Cardinal Peter Turkson, one of Pope Francis’s top advisors, said Tuesday that every time he goes to the United States, the pope’s social agenda is misinterpreted as adopting either a socialist or communist approach to the economy.

Digital apostle: Pope cites tech whiz as role model for young people

Catholic News Service, Church in Europe
Apr 11, 2019

The life of Venerable Carlo Acutis, a 15-year-old Italian teenager on the road to sainthood, showed that young people could use the power of social networking and communications with “creativity and even genius,” the pope said in his exhortation Christus Vivit (“Christ Lives”).