A hunter’s moon rises behind a statue of St Francis of Assisi. Photo: OSV News /Sam Lucero, CNS. Most people probably picture in their minds St Francis with birds, preaching to them. Giotto’s fresco is beautiful, rightly famous, and it captures something true about the saint’s love for God’s creatures, for he did indeed call all animals “brothers.” And little creatures St Francis loved most of all. Yet I also picture St Francis…
