29 Sep Letter for the Feast of Saint Francis 2019: Listen to the Cry of the Amazon
Dear brothers and sisters, may the Lord give you peace! After converting to the...
19 Aug Letter from the Minister General about his Bicycle Accident
My dear Brothers, May the Lord give you peace! I am writing from the University of Chicago...
06 Aug Feast of St. Clare 2019: Letter of the Minister General
Dear Sisters, As the years follow on from each other, the Solemnity of St. Clare...
06 May Message of Solidarity for the Friars Living in Sri Lanka
I am writing to you in order that you might convey to Bro. Edward Jeyapalan,...
15 Apr The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord | Easter Letter of the Minister General 2019
This year I would like to share with all of you a message inthe context...
18 Jan Letter of the General Minister on the 800th Anniversary of the Encounter between St. Francis and Sultan al-Malik al-Kāmil
Eight hundred years ago, our Seraphic Father St. Francis set sail for Egypt, finally fulfilling...
16 Jan Letter to the Custody in Morocco on the Feast of the Holy Martyrs of Marrakech
Today we commemorate the occasion of the 800th anniversary of the Holy Martyrs of Marrakech,...
02 Jan Message of the Minister General for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2019
“Justice and only justice you shall pursue (Dt 16:20)” is the theme that the Christian...
18 Dec Christmas Letter of the Minister General 2018
Out of infinite love God desired to assume our human nature with all that this...
03 Dec Message of the Minister General for World AIDS Day 2018
My dear brother of the Order, members of the Franciscan family, and friends, May the Lord...