Franciscans open general chapter focusing on diversity, evangelization

 

Franciscans open general chapter focusing on diversity, evangelization

by Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service

Jul 7, 2021  ncr

As a worldwide religious order, Franciscan friars need to find new and better ways to welcome the diversity of their members and allow it to challenge the ways they live the Gospel in the world, said Fr. Michael Perry, the order's minister general.