Saint Francis of Assisi Ministry

Pope Francis

  • Loving your neighbor

    In Matthew 22, Jesus was asked by a disciple “Master, which is the greatest commandment of the Law”?: Jesus said to him, ‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all… Continue reading

  • Sick World

    “We carried on regardless, thinking we would stay healthy in a world that was sick,” Pope Francis said at the end of March. A sick world and now sick us. The inextricable connection between the health of the environment and… Continue reading

  • Finding Forward

    At the conclusion of Laudato Si, Pope Francis offers hope with these words. Though originally intended to address the struggle for climate justice, the passage could also have been about the pandemic that is ravaging our world: God, who calls… Continue reading

  • A Message from our Holy Father

    Pope Francis was recently interviewed by British journalist and writer Austen Ivereigh. In this interview, our Holy Father speaks about our responsibility to the poor and our need for a conversion, two themes of the Laudato Si encyclical. Pope Francis… Continue reading

  • Laudato Si in NW Catholic

    Paul Litwin’s article on the climate crisis was published on the Northwest Catholic (the official news magazine and website of the Archdiocese of Seattle) website on the Global Climate Strike day, September 20, 2019. Continue reading

  • Praise be to you, My Lord

    Laudato Si in Action #1 In May of 2015 Pope Francis released his Laudato Si encyclical. The name comes from the “Laudato Si, Mi Signore” or Praise be to you, my Lord which Pope Francis took from Saint Francis of… Continue reading