Franciscan Fr. Cyprian Berens, OFM, whose ministry led him from parishes in the U.S. to the friars' headquarters in Rome, died May 13 at St. Paul's Archbishop Leibold Home for the Aged in Cincinnati, ...

In 1573, the familiar brown robes of Franciscan friars appeared on the eastern shores of what would become the United States of America. They were accompanying the Spanish colonizers of Florida, ...

On May 23, 2017, what would be known as the Siege of Marawi erupted between the Philippine government forces, and the Maute and Abu Sayyaf groups affiliated with the Islamic State group. Br.

As part of local and regional synodal meetings for Franciscan friars, Franciscans share a laugh as they take part in a table exercise in Prior Lake, Minn., in October 2024, in which participants ...

Bartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople and others at the Pontifical Antonianum University in Rome, Italy, on May 30, 2025. (Credit: Religión Digital.) Listen The Order of Franciscan ...

The Franciscan friars of the Saint Barbara Province are members of a Roman Catholic religious Order, from a diversity of backgrounds and cultures, dedicated to serving the poor and promoting justice, ...