On May 23, 2017, what would be known as the Siege of Marawi erupted between the Philippine government forces, and the Maute and Abu Sayyaf groups affiliated with the Islamic State group. Br.

Back in St. Francis of Assisi’s day, minstrels of the Lord were central in society, according to Franciscan Father Isaiah Marie Hofmann. “We [Franciscans] were the original troubadours of God,” said ...

Father Columba Jordan discusses the sudden rise of Catholicism in Europe, the crisis in male-female relationships, and the ...

The Capuchin Franciscan friars — the subjects of this evening’s Trivia Night fundraiser — are, in many ways, a blast from the past. As event spokeswoman Rose Lane points out via e-mail, the members of ...

As part of local and regional synodal meetings for Franciscan friars, Franciscans share a laugh as they take part in a table exercise in Prior Lake, Minn., in October 2024, in which participants ...