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Darien, Georgia: Monument to the Five Venerable Georgia Franciscan Friars published in the National Catholic Register by Kate Quiñones/EWTN News English. Five Spanish Franciscan friars collectively known as the “Georgia Martyrs” will be beatified in Savannah, Georgia, on October 31, according to a recent Vatican announcement. He was   elevated to the College of Cardinals by Pope Francis on December 7, 2024, holding the title of Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Salute a Primavalle. He is a respected academic who speaks English, French, Italian, and Spanish, Archbishop Leo has taught philosophy and theology and served as a Judge for the Canadian Appeal Tribunal. He is the president and founding member of the Canadian Mariological Society. He is a Knight of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem as well as a member of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Dominic. Cardinal Francis Leo of the Archdiocese of Toronto, Canada , will celebrate the beatification, according to the Dicastery for the ...

This final rule of the Friars Minor was published in 1223, reprinted in "Saint Francis of Assisi: His Essential Wisdom", edited by Carol Kelly-Gangi, (Fall River Press, 2010, p. 38.) "I would have my brothers to labor and strive, and not to give place by idleness or unlawful thoughts or idle words", Saint Francis quoted by his official biographer Saint Bonaventure.  Saint Bonaventure (born Giovanni di Fidanza; 1221 – July 15, 1274) was a preeminent Italian medieval scholastic theologian, philosopher, and Cardinal-Bishop of Albano, Italy. He served as the Minister General of the Franciscan Order for 17 years.  As a child, he suffered a fatal illness. His mother prayed for the intercession of Saint Francis of Assisi. Upon his recovery, Francis allegedly exclaimed "buona ventura" ("good fortune"). The friars ae t take nothing as their own, whether it be a house or a place or anything at all. Instead, they are to be as pilgrims and strangers in the w...