“Why to you? Why to you? Why to you, Br. Francis?” was the question addressed by one of his companions to our father and brother Francis. “Why to you? Why to you? Why to you, Br. Francis”
Each year people everywhere are invited to celebrate the International Peace Day on September 21, and the International Day of Non violence on October 2.
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are eight international development goals that 192 United Nations member states and at least 23 international organizations have agreed to achieve by the year 2015.
The UN-led Seal the Deal Campaign aims to galvanize political will and public support for reaching a comprehensive global climate agreement in Copenhagen in December.
Slavery is a word that calls up in our minds specific images that belong to another era, not something still happening today. Alas, despite being prohibited by international law, slavery continues to exist in both developed and under-developed nations...
Seven Christians including women and children were burnt alive, several dozen people were injured and nearly 180 houses were looted and destroyed in Pakistan on 1 August.
Franciscans International expresses its solidarity to those Christian brothers and sisters that are being persecuted by militant Muslims in the Islamic State of Pakistan.
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