Articles on this issue "Capuchins"
Benedict XVI received the minister general of the Capuchin Franciscans, exhorting them to live St. Francis' charism. In his conversation on Friday with Swiss Friar Mauro Johri, the Pope …
read moreJohn Paul II encouraged a congregation dedicated to helping the excluded, to be witnesses of Christ's redemption in a world that seems to be interested only in "immediate success." The …
read moreGovernment officials and humble pilgrims alike attended the inauguration of a monumental church built in response to St. Pio of Pietrelcina's wish, in the town where the "friar of the …
read moreJohn Paul II summed up the spiritual legacy of St. Pio of Pietrelcina with two words: "prayer and charity." The Pope refers to the legacy of the Capuchin of the stigmata (1887-1968) in a …
read moreJohn Paul II established the Eparchy of Emdeber in Ethiopia and named Franciscan Capuchin Father Musie Gebreghiorghis as its first bishop. The eparchy is suffragan to the Metropolitan …
read moreJohn Paul II encouraged the religious of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchins to be an example of brotherly love to a globalized world torn by divisions. The Pope proposed this in a message …
read moreThe Arab television network Al-Jazeera will broadcast a number of war documentaries produced by Nova-T, a firm founded by the Capuchin Province of Piedmont. The Vidimus Dominum religious …
read moreA large crowd attended Monday's funeral for Capuchin missionary Father Taddeo Bagrieli in Imperatriz in Brazil; he was killed July 19 in that locality. According to police accounts, Father …
read moreResponding to media reports, the Vatican denied it has removed the Capuchins from pastoral care at St. Padre Pio's shrine. Vatican spokesman Joaquín Navarro-Valls said in a statement today …
read moreAvvenire).- Turkish authorities are investigating a Capuchin friar for baptizing a 26-year-old Muslim who asked for the sacrament but later turned on the priest. Italian Father Roberto …
read moreAvvenire).- The canonization of Padre Pio constitutes a crucial message for our times, says the Papal Household preacher. "Padre Pios proposal for the man of our times, disoriented by …
read moreCapuchin missionaries in Angola warn that thousands of people might starve to death, the Misna missionary agency reports. "The situation for thousands of people who live in misery and without …
read moreJohn Paul II today approved the canonical decree of recognition of a miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed Pio da Pietrelcina (1887-1968). The miracle happened to Matteo Pio …
read moreIn a meditation to help prepare John Paul II and his aides for Christmas, a Capuchin friar said that eternity enables one to understand the meaning of Sept. 11. As happens every year, on …
read moreThe Vatican has not sent, nor intends to send, an inspector to control the financial administration of the friars of Padre Pios community in San Giovanni Rotondo. Vatican spokesman Joaquin …
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