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Father Evan Ponton

Pilgrims of Hope: Walking the Way of St. Francis in the Year of Jubilee

June 26, 2025
By Father Evan Ponton
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Uncategorized

Together “we seek the city to come” – not Baltimore, not Assisi, not even the “eternal city” of Rome – but the City of God, the new Jerusalem. Take courage. We are pilgrims of hope

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