Who is the archbishop Pope Francis sends into the streets to help Rome’s migrants?
ROME – In a narrow alley a few miles from the center of Rome, around 250 migrants gather at sunset.
Where policy, religion fail, sports can lift spirits, say speakers
VATICAN CITY – Wherever public policy, communities and even religions may have failed, sports and recreation are ready and set to lift wounded spirits and build cooperation and peace in the world, said a number of speakers at a Vatican conference.
Pope: May the Caucasus nations journey to peace, fraternity
VATICAN CITY – The following is the text from Pope Francis’ general audience at the Vatican Oct. 5.
- By Pope Francis
Pope, Anglican archbishop call for unity in mission, service
ROME – Pope Francis and Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury together charged 19 pairs of Catholic and Anglican bishops to return to their home countries and work together to promote joint prayer, joint proclamation of the Gospel and, especially, joint works of charity and justice.
Gay, transgender people deserve pastoral care, Pope says
ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM AZERBAIJAN – Catholics who are homosexual, confused about their sexuality or convinced they were born in the wrong body deserve the same attentive pastoral care as anyone else, Pope Francis said.
Edmonton Catholics Kasun touched rave about ‘phenomenal’ job he did
EDMONTON – Ask Fred Prather about the job Basilian Father Bob Kasun did as pastor of Edmonton’s St. Alphonsus parish, and the response is immediate.
Kasun has ‘a true pastor’s heart,’ says Edmonton's Archbishop
EDMONTON – When Fr. Robert Kasun learned that Pope Francis wanted him to become a bishop, one of his first reactions was, “I’ve never in my life done anything extraordinary. I’m just an ordinary simple pastor.”
Kasun’s oil of gladness pours on Toronto
On June 17, we Basilians learned that one of our brothers, Fr. Robert Kasun, would become one of the four auxiliary bishops of the Archdiocese of Toronto. Fr. Bob is not the first Basilian bishop of Toronto. Denis O’Connor served as archbishop from 1899-1908.
At plenary, Nuncio calls bishops to do pastoral work ‘on their knees’
CORNWALL, Ont. – The Canadian bishops were exhorted to do pastoral ministry “on their knees” before God and before Christ in the people they serve.
Doctrinal congregation convokes meeting on role of women in the church
VATICAN CITY – Leaders of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith spent three days in late September listening to women theologians, canon lawyers, Scripture scholars and specialists in other academic fields talk about roles women have played in the Catholic Church and roles they could play in the future.
Sisters of St. Joseph take young adults on Amazing Race
TORONTO – Young adults learned some of the rich history of the Sisters of St. Joseph and their contributions to Toronto in a dash around the city’s core Sept. 24.