St. Francis Institute for Animals sets out to limit suffering for all God’s creatures

As the Catholic Church marks a special year commemorating the life of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of ecology who preached to birds and befriended a wolf, a new institute hopes to inspire others to emulate today his radical kinship with all of God's creatures.

The St. Francis Institute for Animals launched in early March with a vision of mobilizing animal advocacy informed by Catholic social teaching to address the inhumane ways animals are treated by people in factory farms, laboratories and other settings.

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