Tag: Rome
Meeting of the Conventual Franciscan Bishops
The Order currently has twenty-five archbishops and bishops serving around the world. It also has two cardinals. They were created during the last two...
Rome: Franciscan Pilgrimage to the Papal Basilicas
On the afternoon of November 2, 2023, Friar Michael LASKY led a group of twenty-two friars from the Seraphicum College in Rome on a...
Rome: Cardinal Takes Possession of Titular Church of Santa Dorotea
On Tuesday, October 3, 2023, the eve of the Solemnity of St. Francis of Assisi, His Eminence, Cardinal Jorge Enrique JIMÉNEZ CARVAJAL, Archbishop emeritus...
FIMP Missionary Center: “Mission Possible” on the Banks of the Tiber
During June and July of 2023, the Franciscan Missionary Center of the Federazione Inter-mediterranea Ministri Provinciali (FIMP) once again set up its summertime exhibition...
Rome: New Doctor of Franciscan Philosophy
On Wednesday, June 28, 2023, at 4 p.m., Friar Jesús Manuel RODRÍGUEZ MORALES of the Province of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico defended...
Earth Day Celebration in Rome and an Interview at Vatican Radio
On April 22-23, 2023, Conventual, Capuchin, and Secular Franciscans gathered at the Villa Borghese Park in Rome to celebrate Earth Day.
The Capuchin ministries “Frate...
Rome: Historic Day at Casa Kolbe
Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27, 2023), was a historic day for the Friary of St. Maximilian M. Kolbe (Casa Kolbe) in Rome.
On that day,...
Rome: Turkish Language Edition of Gospels Donated to Turkish Embassy
On Tuesday January 17, 2023, the Director of the Franciscan Missionary Center, Friar Paolo FIASCONARO, donated copies of a recent Turkish translation of the...
Rome: Novena and Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception at Twelve Holy...
The Order of Minors has always placed devotion to the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary at the center of its Marian spirituality.
The defense...
A Book Recounting 50 Years of Prison Ministry
On Friday, November 11, 2022, a book presentation was held for a new book by Friar Vittorio TRANI, OFM Conv., entitled, “Come È in...
2024 Online Inter-Franciscan Missionary Course for Europe
By mandate of the Ministers General, the Secretariats for the Evangelization and Mission of the Friars Minor, Friars Minor Capuchin and Friars Minor Conventual,...
Venafro-Italy: New Community
A new community of the Province of St. Joseph, Spouse of the B.V.M. in Romania has been inaugurated in Venafro, Italy.
On Sunday, October 6,...
Palermo: Leonardo VITALE Fraternity Park Project Presented
On September 20, 2024, the Italian Province of the Immaculate Conception (Sicily-Calabria) officially presented its Leonardo VITALE Fraternity Park Project. The event took place...
Central America: Conventual Franciscan Formation Meeting
On Saturday, October 5, 2024, the Formation Commission of the Provincial Custody of Mary, Mother of Mercy in Central America, convened all the friars...
Slovakia: Solemn Profession
On Saturday, October 5, 2024, Friar Peter PIKULÍK of the Provincial Custody of the Immaculate Conception of the B.V.M. in Slovakia made his solemn...