franciscanponderings

  I recently came across Bono's reflections on grace - well worth a read.... “It’s a mind-blowing concept that the God who creat...

Carmelite Ruth Burrows writes: “God is the ultimate self-squander, always giving Himself as far as He can be received, and always trying...

The images went viral after the papal audience on Wednesday. Pope Francis met, embraced and kissed a man suffering from a rare diseas...

Brother Juniper O'Brien, 1925-2013 When he was in Brazil in July Pope Francis met with the bishops there and posed a fundamental qu...

During his visit to Assisi on the feast day of St Francis, one of the first places Pope Francis visited was the “Sala della Spoliazion...

There is a story told of the future Good Pope John when he was Cardinal Archbishop of Venice. Dining with some of his senior clergy in hi...

David and Hugh Just back from a wonderful celebration of the Solemn Profession of our brother David Collins in Adam and Eve’s Church, Du...