In Memory of Friar Luigi IANNITTO
After several days of silent suffering in the hospital, Friar Luigi IANNITTO left us on January 3, 2021; only two days before his 100th...
Chile: New Website
The Provincial Delegation in Chile has launched its official website: www.franciscanosconventuales.cl.
On November 17, 2020, the 25th anniversary of our presence in Chile was officially...
Friar Marius-Petru BÎLHA receives his missionary cross from Pope Francis
Jesus often spoke of the need and the urgency to go and preach the Gospel to all the world (cf. Mk 16:15). Many missionaries...
Two Brother Bishops for the Latin Near East
Friar Martin KMETEC, the Archbishop of the metropolitan see of Smyrna (Izmir in Turkey) and Friar Dominique MATHIEU, recently nominated as Archbishop of Teheran-Isfahan...
New Conventual Franciscan Archbishop
Today, January 8, 2021, at noon, the Holy See officially announced that Pope Francis has appointed our confrere Friar Dominique MATHIEU, currently Assistant General...
Greetings from Venezuela and Thanks to Our Benefactors
With the coming of the Christmas holidays, our young men in the formation houses of the Provincial Custody of Our Lady of Coromoto in...
70th Anniversary of the “Night of St. Bartholomew of the Religious in Czechoslovakia”
As the year 2020 comes to a close, we mark a noteworthy commemoration for us religious: the 70th anniversary of the elimination of consecrated...
Presentation of the “Antonio 20-22 Project”
On Thursday December 10, 2020, the program for the “Antonio 20-22 Project” was presented live on the Facebook page @fratidisantantoniodipadova. The program was presented...
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception 2020 at the Basilica of the Twelve Holy Apostles
The centuries-old tradition of the Novena of the Immaculate Conception at Rome’s Basilica of the Twelve Holy Apostles continued uninterrupted—despite the pandemic.
The cardinals responded...
St. Joseph: 150 Years as Patron of the Church, 279 Years as Patron of...
It seems illogical to write about St. Joseph when the calendar says December 8 instead of March 19 or May 1. Actually, we should...