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====Order of Friars Minor====
The '''[[Order of Friars Minor]]''' ('''OFM''') has 1,500 houses in about 100 provinces and {{lang|la|custodiae}}, with about 16,000 members. In 1897, [[Pope Leo XIII]] combined the Observants, [[Discalced]] (Alcantarines), Recollects, and Riformati into one order under general constitutions. While the Capuchins and Conventuals wanted the reunited Observants to be referred to as The Order of Friars Minor of the Leonine Union, they were instead called simply the [[Order of Friars Minor]]. Despite the tensions caused by this forced union, the Order grew from 1897 to reach a peak of 26,000 members in the 1960s before declining after the 1970s. The Order is headed by a Minister General, who since July 2021 is Father Massimo Fusarelli.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ofm.org/en/br-massimo-fusarelli-new-ofm-minister-general.html | title=Br. Massimo Fusarelli, new OFM Minister General |website=ofm.org}}</ref>