The offering placed before the altar on Sept. 11, 2001, was unlike any ever seen at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Manhattan’s Financial District: the lifeless body of 68-year-old Franciscan …
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(OSV News) — After Pope Leo XIV proclaimed the Jubilee Year of St. Francis from Jan. 10, 2026, to Jan. 10, 2027, the Vatican’s Apostolic Penitentiary also issued a decree granting …
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Capuchin friar who was one of last people with direct ties to Padre Pio dies at age 85
by The Dialogby The Dialog“He would sometimes hear confessions for 12 hours straight,” Father Aurilia said. “People don’t realize how exhausting it is to hear confessions.”
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DAMASCUS, Syria (OSV News) — The Franciscan friars in Syria are accustomed to overcoming obstacles and living in uncertain times, and now they are bracing for the new Islamic rule in …
