BREAKING: Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate Commissioner Volpi admits guilt of defamation and lies Must pay 20,000 euros, make public apology Will Pope Francis allow what's left of the FFI to survive? The chickens have come home to roost for Pope Francis' Apostolic Commissioner of the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate (FFI), Fr. Fidenzio Volpi, and possibly just in the nick of time.