“Many families have managed to get by thanks to this animal, and now it seems we are forgetting that part of our history.”
St. Francis of Assisi
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On Earth Day, a look at St. Francis of Assisi as patron of the environment
by Katie Yoderby Katie Yoder(OSV News) — St. Francis of Assisi was declared a saint nearly 800 years ago, just two years after his death. Not until much more recently — about 50 years ago …
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(OSV News) — Bells rang out over the hilltop town of Assisi on the night of March 22 as Franciscan friars closed the monthlong public veneration of the bones of …
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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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The relic’s arrival coincides with the special Jubilee Year proclaimed by the pope to commemorate the 800th anniversary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi.
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The sanctuary, part of Assisi’s Church of St. Mary Major, marks the site where St. Francis renounced his worldly possessions.
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(OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV has proclaimed a special Jubilee Year coinciding with the 800th anniversary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi. The Apostolic Penitentiary, a Vatican tribunal …
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Pope Leo spoke to members of the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See in the Vatican Apostolic Palace Jan. 9.
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Following the example of St. Francis of Assisi, bishops are called to be close to the people in their dioceses and peacemakers in a world marked by division and tension, …
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(OSV News) — Eight centuries ago, St. Francis of Assisi composed a poem that remains familiar today, inspiring hymns, art and the titles of two of the late Pope Francis’ …
