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St. Francis, 'Starting Seven,' and the news

The Tuesday Pillar Post.

JD Flynn
Oct 04, 2022
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St. Francis, 'Starting Seven,' and the news

Hey everybody,

Today is the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, known among the Franciscans as the Seraphic Father — the penitent, the prophet, the mystic, the pilgrim, and one of the most misunderstood saints of all time.

From his death in October 1226, Francis has loomed large in the global Catholic imagination - or at least some version of him usually has.

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