At the end of his life ill and dying St Francis of Assisi told his fellow friars ldquo Let us begin brothers to serve the Lord God for up until now we have done little or nothing rdquo His first biographer Thomas of Celano comments on the Saint rsquo s exhortation ldquo Francis did not

In remembering the suffering of history’s victims, we begin to see that the suffering continues.

Daniel P. Horan, O.F.M., responds to readers of his column "Lead Us Not Into Clericalism."

Pope Francis calls us to be humbler and more generous priests.

Daniel P. Horan, O.F.M., on a "tremendous day for the Franciscan family."

Shortly after Pope Francis was elected the Bishop of Rome I wrote in these pages about the significance of the name ldquo Francis rdquo as it comes from St Francis of Assisi ldquo What rsquo s in a Name rdquo In light of the six-month mark of his pontificate and the unprecedented interview

In just 24 hours an article written by Allison Benedikt on nbsp Slate nbsp titled ldquo If you Send Your Kid to Private School You are a Bad Person rdquo elicited more than 5 000 comments from readers It doesn rsquo t take much imagination to see why The title Benedikt an editor at nbsp Slate

nbsp The seventeenth issue of the journal n 1 is now out and the theme is ldquo Evil rdquo For those not familiar with the relatively young publication it was founded in 2004 n 1 is a self-described ldquo print magazine of politics literature and culture rdquo which features thematic issu

Why had I succumbed to being bitten by this mythic monster?

nbsp In the shadow of attention given to the pope rsquo s travel to Brazil for World Youth Day and the anticipated arrival of a royal baby few seem to have noticed the news reports about Friday rsquo s announcement of a new Vatican commission that has been established by Pope Francis This commiss