Following the invitation by the Pope during the general audience of Wednesday, 26 August, the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace encourages you to organize a prayer meeting in your particular Church to celebrate the World Day of Prayer for…

MANGHAWAY-TALISAY, Cebu, Philippines - The ASIA-OCEANA JPIC-PUA COURSE 2015 was an inter-Franciscan JPIC course designed to prepare Franciscan brothers and sisters working for the JPIC of their respective congregations to be JPIC ANIMATORS. The course which took place in St.…

The Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (JPIC OFMCap) celebrates and thanks the Holy Father Francis for the encyclical on environment - "Laudato si', on the care for our common home". We encourage all our friars to read, act and spread the…

St. Francis of Assisi perceived God’s creation as a whole, with each of its parts interrelated, interdependent and filled with the divine. Mutual respect, justice and peace were its natural hallmarks. The Canticle of Creation, written by Francis not long…

Over 150 Franciscans and others attended the celebration ROME, Italy - November 29, 2014, was the 35th anniversary of the naming of Saint Francis as Patron of Ecology. Many believe that we stand at a critical moment of the Earth’s…

We, the Ministers of the Conference of the Franciscan Family (CFF), wrote to you on October 23, 2012, regarding the financial situation of Franciscans International (FI), and asking for your assistance. It is with joy that we write once again,…

The Trafficking of persons is against human rights and our human dignity. It may seem remote from us, but it is happening everyday and around us. Indeed it concerns us all! What can we do as Franciscans and as Capuchin…