“I was a stranger and you welcomed me”
Letter of the Minister General and the convocation of the meeting in Frascati
World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation
Following the invitation by the Pope during the general audience of Wednesday, 26 August, the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace encourages you to organize a prayer meeting in your particular Church to celebrate the World Day of Prayer for…
JPIC grows in Asia and Oceania
MANGHAWAY-TALISAY, Cebu, Philippines - The ASIA-OCEANA JPIC-PUA COURSE 2015 was an inter-Franciscan JPIC course designed to prepare Franciscan brothers and sisters working for the JPIC of their respective congregations to be JPIC ANIMATORS. The course which took place in St.…
Laudato si’, on the care for our common home...
The Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (JPIC OFMCap) celebrates and thanks the Holy Father Francis for the encyclical on environment - "Laudato si', on the care for our common home". We encourage all our friars to read, act and spread the…
CAPS go the JPIC way
St. Francis of Assisi perceived God’s creation as a whole, with each of its parts interrelated, interdependent and filled with the divine. Mutual respect, justice and peace were its natural hallmarks. The Canticle of Creation, written by Francis not long…
“Franciscains Bénin” NGO receives Human Rights Prize
BÉNIN – On Wednesday, December 10, 2014, on the occasion of International Human Rights Day, the French Embassy in Bénin conferred the 2014 Human Rights Prize on “Franciscains Bénin” at the French Institute of Cotonou. Since 2012 the French Embassy…
Celebrations to mark the 35th anniversary of the naming of St. Francis patron of Ecology
Over 150 Franciscans and others attended the celebration ROME, Italy - November 29, 2014, was the 35th anniversary of the naming of Saint Francis as Patron of Ecology. Many believe that we stand at a critical moment of the Earth’s…
Franciscans International - Franciscan Voice at the United Nations
We, the Ministers of the Conference of the Franciscan Family (CFF), wrote to you on October 23, 2012, regarding the financial situation of Franciscans International (FI), and asking for your assistance. It is with joy that we write once again,…