To Sin No MoreFor 300 years, Franciscans were at the forefront of the spread of Catholicism in the New World. In the late seventeenth century, Franciscans developed a far reaching, systematic missionary program in Spain and the Americas. After founding the first college of propaganda fide in the Mexican city of Quertaro, the Franciscan Order established six additional colleges in New Spain, ten in South America, and twelve in Spain. From these colleges Franciscans