On September 23 of last year I communicated to you the wonderful news that Pope Francis had asked our Order to bring to Rome, for the occasion of the Jubilee of Mercy, the mortal remains of our Saints Leopold Mandić and Pio of Pietrelcina. By…

Reflections and Recommendations following the Fatima Meeting. Circular Letter by Brother Mauro Jöhri, General Minister OFMCap.

In the Programmatic Letter sent at the beginning of the 2012-2018 sexennium, I announced our intention to develop a "Ratio Formationis" for the Order, as foreseen in number 25,9 of our Constitutions. We entrusted this venture to the friars in…

Cari fratelli, Nella lettera programmatica che vi ho inviato il 2 febbraio dell’anno in corso, ho annunciato che, in comunione con i fratelli Definitori, abbiamo deciso di indire un Consiglio plenario dell’Ordine con a tema "la grazia di lavorare". In…

Dear Brothers, [1] Benedict XVI, bishop emeritus of Rome, announced the Year of Faith and Pope Francis has proposed anew its purposes and content. This event moves me to propose to you some reflections with the desire that every brother…