This year’s second issue of the Conventual Franciscan general newsletter is now available. It contains documents and news covering April through June of 2025.
In the first section, dedicated to documents of the Minister General, Friar Carlos TROVARELLI (pp. 4-9), we highlight his greeting to Pope Leo XIV (p. 7). After the sessions of the General Definitory (pp. 10–14), we have the section on news from the General Offices (pp. 15–63), which includes notable articles on the audience with Pope Leo XIV at the conclusion of the General Chapter (pp. 31–33), the inter-Franciscan course for missionaries in Africa (p. 39), the visit to the Secular Franciscans in Vietnam (pp. 51–52), and the meeting of the moderators of international associations of the faithful held at the Vatican (pp. 58–61).
The central page is, as always, dedicated to the General Financial Office (p. 64). It is followed by news from the Federations (pp. 65-123). From the African Federation of Conventual Franciscans we feature an article on the diaconal ordinations in Kenya (p. 66). From the Centralis Europae Foederatio, we offer a piece on the meeting of Conventual altar servers in Germany (p. 72). From the Conventual Franciscan Federation we highlight an item on the meeting of the Ministers Provincial of the United States and their Definitories (pp. 80-81). From the Federación América Latina Conventuales, we have an article on the priestly ordination in Ecuador (p. 85). From the Federation of Asian Minor Conventuals, we present an article on the Youth Festival in South Korea (p. 92). From the Foederatio Europae Mediae et Orientalis, we feature an article on the 800th anniversary of the Canticle of the Creatures in Poland (pp. 103-104). Finally, from the Federazione Intermediterranea Ministri Provinciali, we offer an article on the newly formed FIMP Presidency Council (p. 122).
Chapter summaries follow (pp. 124-130). Among them, we highlight the second part of the Chapter of the new Province of Sicily-Calabria (pp. 128-129). The newsletter ends with a section on personal statistics (p. 131).
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