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Pope Francis waves to the crowds at the general audience in St. Peter's Square on Sept 2, 2015.

Pope Francis to Friars Minor: Seek renewal amid declining numbers

Jul 17, 2021

By CNA Staff

Members of the Order of Friars Minor are meeting in Rome. Read more

Fr. Massimo Fusarelli, the new minister general of the Order of Friars Minor.

Franciscan order elects 121st successor of St. Francis of Assisi

Jul 13, 2021

By Hannah Brockhaus

Fr. Massimo Fusarelli takes over from U.S. Franciscan Fr. Michael Perry. Read more

Cathedral of St. Matthew, Washington, D.C.

Capuchin priest arrested in Washington DC

Nov 8, 2018

A Capuchin priest was arrested in Washington D.C. Nov. 7 after he was accused of sexually abusing a teenager in... Read more

Fr. Fernand Cheri, O.F.M., newly appointed auxiliary bishop of New Orleans, speaks at a Jan. 12 press conference announcing his nomination.

New Orleans receives a native son for new auxiliary bishop

Jan 12, 2015

Fr. Fernand Joseph Cheri III, O.F.M., was appointed on Monday by Pope Francis as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese... Read more

The Observant Franciscans of Karachi's Porziuncola friary celebrate their community's 75th anniversary, Aug. 2, 2014.

Franciscan friars in Pakistan celebrate 75 years of mission

Aug 20, 2014

The Franciscan friary in Pakistan's largest city, Karachi, celebrated its platinum jubilee earlier this month on the feast of Our... Read more

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Sister Clare Crockett is the subject of the documentary “All or Nothing.”

Cause for beatification of Sister Clare Crockett opened

Delegates at the 2024 Synod on Synodality participate in roundtable meetings on Oct. 10, 2024, in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican.

4 German bishops praise Rome synod, criticize German Synodal Way

Members of a rescue team search for victims at Klatanlo village in East Flores Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, on Nov. 4, 2024, after Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki erupted overnight.

Volcano destroys Indonesia Catholic convent, killing religious sister

Sister Annella Zervas, OSB, in her casket, after she died at 26 of a debilitating skin disease. August, 1926.

Sister Annella Zervas’ sainthood cause could be opened this month

Heralds of the Gospel founder Monsignor João Scognamiglio Clá Dias.

Heralds of the Gospel founder dies at 85 

Pope Francis on Nov. 4, 2024, named Chicago Auxiliary Bishop Jeffrey Grob as archbishop of Milwaukee.

Pope Francis appoints Chicago auxiliary bishop to lead Milwaukee Archdiocese

Pope Francis prays during a Mass of suffrage for deceased cardinals and bishops in St. Peter’s Basilica on Nov. 4, 2024, at the Vatican.

Pope Francis offers Mass for over 120 deceased cardinals and bishops

Ben Kresse, a theology teacher at St. Xavier High School, shows a group of students how to uncover a temporary marker on a gravesite in Meadow View Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky, Sept. 21, 2024.

In Louisville, Catholic high schoolers help bury the indigent dead

Archbishop Adrian Józef Galbas.

Pope Francis names Archbishop Galbas as new leader of Warsaw Archdiocese

John Kraemer shows off the interior of one of his Lego churches to an interested parishioner at Resurrection of the Lord Parish in Standish, Michigan.

Michigan man builds up the Catholic Church, one Lego at a time, for 25 years

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