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Saint Pius of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio): Bearing the Stigmata, Suffering with Christ
Saint Pius of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio): Bearing the Stigmata, Suffering with Christ

On September 23, Catholics celebrate the memory of Saint Pius of Pietrelcina (1887-1968), the Capuchin Franciscan friar still best known simply as "Padre Pio," who has become one of the most popular saints in the Catholic Church.

Saint Pius of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio): Bearing the Stigmata, Suffering with Christ
Saint Pius of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio): Bearing the Stigmata, Suffering with Christ
Dominic Monti, OFM
September 21, 2025
3 min

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Saint Pius of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio): Bearing the Stigmata, Suffering with Christ
Saint Pius of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio): Bearing the Stigmata, Suffering with Christ

On September 23, Catholics celebrate the memory of Saint Pius of Pietrelcina (1887-1968), the Capuchin Franciscan friar still best known simply as "Padre Pio," who has become one of the most popular saints in the Catholic Church.

Dominic Monti, OFM
September 21, 2025
3 min
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Where Goes the Church Under the New Leadership of Pope Leo XIV?
The Franciscan Intellectual Tradition - a Tradition "Turned Upside Down"
The Promise and Limits of Personal Climate Action – A Franciscan Perspective
The Promise and Limits of Personal Climate Action – A Franciscan Perspective

"The Promise and Limits of Personal Climate Action: Can 'Thinking Globally, Acting Locally' Be Enough?" by Ed Tverdek, OFM, PhD, is the latest lecture of the Franciscan Zoom Lecture Series, hosted by the Franciscan School of Theology at the University of San Diego.

Ed Tverdek, OFM, PhD
April 15, 2025
1 min
Where Goes the Church Under New Leadership?
The Franciscan Intellectual Tradition: Upside Down
The Promise and Limits of Personal Climate Action
The Promise and Limits of Personal Climate Action

In this discussion about the promise and limits of personal climate action, Ed Tverdek, OFM, PhD, suggests that our shortcomings can be attributed to a failure to take seriously Pope Francis’ message in his encyclical Laudato Si’ and his subsequent apostolic exhortation, Laudate Deum – and that the transformative vision of a culture less wed to consumerism and growth – long expounded by “radical ecologists” and now by Pope Francis – remains our best vehicle for evangelization as Franciscans.

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