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Benedict and Francis
Most Catholics around the world are giving thanks to God for a new pope. A few of us are already pontificating about the future. This is my own little reflection on the relationship between the...
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Francis on Francis
Some people wanted to know why the Bishop of Rome wished to be called Francis. Some thought of Francis Xavier, Francis De Sales, and also Francis of Assisi. I will tell you the story. During the...
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A second witness…
A second witness that St. Francis gives us, noted the pontiff, is that “everyone who follows Christ receives true peace, the peace that Christ alone can give, a peace which the world cannot give.” Pope...
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St. Francis through the Eyes of . . . Updated
Several weeks ago I gave a conference to our Third Order in New Bedford on St. Francis and his charism entitled “St. Francis through the Eyes of St. Bonaventure, through the Eyes of Pope Benedict,...
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