Human Rights
Franciscans emphasize the dignity of the human person, especially in its social nature.
Although all creation is the “footprint of God,” the Franciscan tradition understands that human beings are also created in the very image and likeness of God. Humans represent in a special way God who is Trinity, and therefore we achieve our personal fulfillment in relationship to God and in community rather than in the isolation of individualism.
“Her life was an instruction and a lesson to others: in this book of life some learned the rule of living, in this mirror of life others learned to behold the paths of life.”
—Papal Decree of the Canonization of St. Clare
Solidarity With Seafarers Campaign
Each year, the Coalition of Catholic Organizations Against Human Trafficking (CCOAHT), of which Franciscan Action Network is a member, launches a...
#WeAreEssential Fast for Freedom Launches in Washington, D.C.
June 9, 2021 was the launch of the #WeAreEssential Fast for Freedom in Washington, D.C. (pictured, below, left) to shine a spotlight on our nation’s...
Take Action: Sign the Faith Family Reunification Petition
In 2018, through the ‘zero tolerance’ policy, 5,500 migrant families were cruelly separated. To this day, families remain separated and the trauma...
Franciscan Federation Webinar with FAN’s Jason Miller
To heal the divisions and injustices of our world, Pope Francis calls for a holistic, multi-disciplinary approach at all levels: personal, social,...
FAN Work Opposing the Death Penalty
Over the last several months, Franciscan Action Network has joined several of our faith partners in speaking out against the federal death penalty,...
A Migrants Novena
FAN Member Carolyn D. Townes, OFS is the National Animator of Justice Peace and Integrity of Creation for the U.S. Secular Franciscan Order and has...
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