A Hare Krishna Discovers the Real St. Francis of Assisi – Deacon Michael Nixon

As a young man heavily involved with the Hare Krishna movement, Michael Nixon had a casual appreciation for St. Francis of Assisi as a countercultural figure who shook off the consumerist trappings of the world.

But as he began to feel drawn toward the Catholic Church, he started to see that there was much more to St. Francis than the impressions he’d gotten from seeing “Brother Sun, Sister Moon” in the theater in the 70s…

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