US cardinal urges Catholics to take ‘St. Francis Pledge’ on climate change September 30, 2010 In a letter to parishes dated October 4– the memorial of St. Francis of Assisi– Cardinal Roger Mahony of Los Angeles will announce the formation of the Archdiocesan Creation Sustainability Ministry, according to the electronic newsletter of the Catholic Climate [...]

His Words are still relevant to the problems of today. His virtuous convictions of faith and morals had a great influence on the Church and the world. He has voiced his philosophy of Catholic Faith in the many writings he gave his followers. Love, Honor and Praise The Portiuncula Indulgence Pending Love, Honor and Praise [...]

The words of St. Francis and Brother Giles Francis was miserly about one thing: Consolations at prayer. Francis said, “When a servant of God is visited by the Lord with some fresh consolation while at prayer, before leaving his prayers he ought to raise his eyes to heaven and say to the Lord with folded [...]

Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. Where there is patience and humility there is neither anger nor loss of composure. Where there is poverty borne with joy, there is neither grasping nor hoarding. Where there there is quiet and meditation, there is neither worry nor dissipation. Where there is [...]

St. Francis gives a Parchment to Brother Leo on Mount LaVerna about his Praises of God and the Blessing (From editions by Kajetan Esser and Duane Lapsanski ) Leo of Assisi, who was with Francis on LaVerna in the Fall of 1224, wrote in red ink on one side of this piece of parchment: “Two [...]