The Franciscan was in Spain last week for the 15th Ibero-American Congress on the Queen of Peace organized by the Medjugorje ...

Father Barry Schneider, age 80, of Shakopee, died peacefully on Sunday, Aug. 9, 2009. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, Aug. 12, at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Jordan, Minn. from 4-8 p.m ...

Wrapping up a Vatican summit on the rights of children, Pope Francis announced he was going to publish a papal document dedicated to children.

Franciscan Father Michael S. Murray was appointed pastor of St. John Neumann Church in Reston Jan. 2. Bishop Michael F. Burbidge is scheduled to celebrate his Mass of installation at the church Feb. 9 ...

Among the storied San Francisco food institutions that have stood the test of time — household names like Boudin, It’s-It and Ghirardelli — a quiet coffee pioneer has flown under the radar for 90 ...

The Dicastery for the Causes of Saints has promulgated a decree recognizing that five Spanish Franciscans were killed “in odium fidei” (“in hatred of the faith”) in 1597.

The custos serves as a unique provincial minister within the Franciscan order, leading a community of friars while also being ...

By signing the decree in the sainthood cause of the Georgia martyrs Jan. 27, the pope cleared the way for their beatification, although a date for the ceremony was not announced immediately.

Pedro “Pete” Montallana, a Franciscan priest and tireless advocate ... “Fr. Pete joined the Father on 27 January 2025 due to health complications,” Cortez shared, though no further details ...

OSV News photo/courtesy Institute of National Remembrance “I will not send away any Jewish child,” assured Mother Matylda Getter, superior of the Warsaw province of the Congregation of the Franciscan ...