Franciscan Connections is an international Franciscan blog that connects, communicates, and conveys the best of Franciscan learning in the twenty-first century. We make contemporary and applied Franciscan scholarship available to a wider world of scholars, educated professionals and communities of practice and a new generation of readers aware of the contribution that solid Franciscan scholarship can make on contemporary issues in politics, society, ethics, and church. Franciscan connections is a partnership between the Franciscan Study Center at Tilburg University, NL and the Franciscan Institute at Saint Bonaventure university, NY. The editors are Dr. Dr. Krijn Pansters S.T.D. (Franciscan Study Center) and Fr. David B. Couturier, OFM Cap., PhD, DMin. (Franciscan Institute).