Father Massimo Fusarelli succeeds Father Michael Perry, a native of Indianapolis, who led the order since 2013. Father Massimo Fusarelli is the new minister general of the Order of Friars Minor.

QUINCY — In March 2020, the Franciscan friars in Quincy, representing the Sacred Heart Province of the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor, relinquished control of the St. Francis Solanus Parish to the ...

As part of local and regional synodal meetings for Franciscan friars, Franciscans share a laugh as they take part in a table exercise in Prior Lake, Minn., in October 2024, in which participants ...

Members of the general chapter of the Order of Friars Minor elected Rome-born Fr. Massimo Fusarelli as the new minister general of the worldwide Franciscan order. The general chapter July 3-18 brought ...

Nearly 400 Franciscans pose Aug. 1, 2019, during a four-day gathering in Denver. It is one of the largest gatherings of Franciscans in the United States, with the purpose of friars getting to know ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The Franciscan Friars of the St. John the Baptist Province released a list this week of friars with substantiated abuse allegations against them. Eight of the friars included in ...

The Secular Franciscan Order (Ordo Franciscanus Sæcularis) traces its origins to the 13th century, when St Francis of Assisi ...

DENVER (CNS) — History was made when close to 400 Franciscan friars — from 25 states as well as Canada, Italy Jamaica, Mexico and the Philippines — gathered in unity and fraternity in Denver for the ...