In his 2015 encyclical letter Laudato Si', published by the Holy See, the late Pope said of St. Francis of Assisi ... was particularly concerned for God’s creation and for the poor and ...

Hail holy Lady, most noble Queen, Mother of God, and Mary ever Virgin. You were chosen by the heavenly Father, who has been pleased to honor you with the presence of his most holy Son and the ...

(OSV News) -- Throughout 2024, Franciscans around the world commemorate the 800th anniversary of St. Francis ... God.” “Yes, it is a painful gift, but the mystics who received the stigmata did ...

Or to be seeing ... about Francis. For him, the saint’s jangling polarities resolve themselves quite naturally if we imagine him as a lover: Francis was in love with God, so he did all the ...

geckos and even an American alligator as students and parishioners gathered to celebrate the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi on Friday morning. The Catholic Church annually honors St. Francis ...

There's an old saying often attributed to St. Francis of Assisi: preach the Gospel at all ... Then the pope encouraged the children to think about God as a father. "Does God abandon his children ...

Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, honored Francis of Assisi with the name he selected for himself when he was elected as pope in 2013. The pope’s namesake, Saint Francis, remains widely ...

And I’m pretty sure God chooses specific people to deliver certain messages. Like St. Francis of Assisi. God chose St. Francis for so many messages, it’s hard to choose which is the most well ...

But Pope Francis’s appreciation of science is most evident in his engagement with environmental concerns. He adopted the name Francis due to his admiration of Saint Francis of Assisi ...

It was the London-born teenager's final wish to be buried in Assisi, the home of his 13th-century idol Saint Francis ... made the journey to Assisi to see Acutis laying in rest, where his ...