St. Anthony Messenger: Chloé Valdary, A Modern Mystic

St. Francis of Assisi unexpectedly found himself in some contentious situations charting a path toward peace. Whether mediating between a class conflict in Assisi, dialoguing with a sultan during the Fifth Crusade, or, even when he was weak and dying, seeking to reconcile the bishop and podestà (mayor) who were locked in a bitter dispute—there was Francis, in the middle of it all, seeking peace. Chloé Valdary has had a similar trajectory in her life, somehow finding herself in the crosshairs of some of the most polarized spaces in culture and politics, also offering a path toward peace in a frantic, vitriolic world...

Read the remainder of this feature in the October 2025 issue of St. Anthony Messenger HERE. This is the ninth article in a series that shares stories of people, ministries, or organizations that are doing healing work in the world.