The little poor man of Assisi

On October 4th we celebrate the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi. Undoubtedly one of the most beloved saints in the world, he preached a gospel of kindness, love and respect for creation. During his lifetime, St. Francis collected many followers and founded the Order of Mendicant Friars or Franciscans, all of whom take a vow of poverty, chastity, love and obedience. He died in 1228, and his followers built a beautiful church round him on the hill of his birthplace, Assisi, in the central Italian region of Umbria. We pay tribute to “the little poor man of Assisi”, in this conversation with Franciscan Friar Joseph Rozansky…

"...if you look and see the way that Francis lived and responded to what was going on around him, I think that in many ways he was very modern in the sense that he "read" what was going on around him..."

"after 800 years, the spirit of Francis is still very much alive, and he stood for certain things (...) most people, not only catholics but non catholics too. And many people just love him because of what they see him standing for... what he did, he lived that what he believed and in the integrity of of his life he invited people to be like what he was..."

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