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Aishwarya Varghese (right) and Devina Notowibowo prepare for an Amazing Race event in downtown Toronto hosted by Faith Connections.

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.

Fr. Keith Wallace, pastor of St. Bernadette’s parish in Ajax, Ont., finished off his Holy Door pilgrimage around the Archdiocese of Toronto by passing through the Holy Door at St. Theresa’s Church.

Holy Door pilgrimage builds community

TORONTO – Seeking to build for a stronger sense of community, Fr. Keith Wallace took his parishioners on a Holy Door pilgrimage around the Archdiocese of Toronto.

Scott Knight, right, Chaska police chief and member of the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis, stands with pastors of Chaska churches who will serve as chaplains at the Ryder Cup golf tournament at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska beginning Sept. 27.

Clergy to provide 'ministerial presence' as chaplains during Ryder Cup

MINNEAPOLIS – Chaska Police Chief Scott Knight didn't want to see golf fans at Hazeltine National Gold Club spiritually unprovided for again.

St. Peter's Basilica is seen during sunset in Rome in this Oct. 20, 2011, file photo. Pope Francis has approved revised norms for the Congregation for Saints' Causes regarding medical consultations on healings alleged to be miracles.

Vatican revises norms for examining alleged miracles

VATICAN CITY – In an effort to ensure transparency as well as historical and scientific accuracy, Pope Francis has approved revised norms for the Congregation for Saints' Causes regarding medical consultations on healings alleged to be miracles.

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople and Pope Francis at an interfaith gathering in Assisi, Italy, Sept. 20. A Catholic-Orthodox commission has approved a statement on authority.

Catholic-Orthodox commission approves statement on authority

VATICAN CITY – Catholics and Orthodox need to explore ways authority can be understood and exercised so that is not an obstacle to unity, a group of top-level theologians said.

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, speaks during a high-level side event Sept. 19 at the United Nations on the role of religious organizations in responding to the ongoing refugee and migration crisis affecting many areas of the world.

Faith leaders have moral duty to counter hatred, violence, says cardinal at U.N.

UNITED NATIONS – Religious leaders have a grave and urgent responsibility to act against genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and other violence committed in the name of religion, said speakers at a United Nations panel Sept. 20.

Marie Collins, a member of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, speaks during its briefing at the Holy See press office at the Vatican on May 3, 2014. In a September 2016 interview, Collins says the Church is making good progress to fight sexual abuse.

Clergy abuse survivor says Vatican commission is making progress

The only abuse survivor currently serving on a panel set up by Pope Francis to fight clerical sexual abuse says the Catholic Church is making good progress and welcomed changes initiated by the Vatican and the pontiff.

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, Pope Francis, an unidentified clergyman and Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury, England, attend an ecumenical prayer service with other Christian leaders in the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi, Italy, Sept. 20.

Pope, Christian leaders pray for peace, victims of war at interfaith gathering

ASSISI, Italy – Jesus' cry of thirst on the cross is heard today in the cries of innocent victims of war in the world, Pope Francis said.

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople and Pope Francis attend an ecumenical prayer service with other religious leaders in the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi, Italy, Sept. 20.

Justice, respect are essential for peace, patriarch says

ASSISI, Italy – The richness of the diversity found within humanity and in the created world at large is something that must be respected and never destroyed, said Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople.

Pope Francis lights a candle during an interfaith peace gathering outside the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi, Italy, Sept. 20. The pope and other religious leaders were attending a peace gathering marking the 30th anniversary of the first peace encounter.

No war is holy, Pope says at interreligious peace gathering

ASSISI, Italy – Violence in the name of God does not represent the true nature of religion and must be condemned by all faiths, Pope Francis said.

Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury, England, spiritual leader of the Anglican Communion, speaks during an ecumenical prayer service with Pope Francis and other religious leaders in the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi, Italy, Sept. 20.

Failure of ecumenism would imprison mercy, Anglican archbishop says

ASSISI, Italy – Churches that are not reconciled with one another weaken the experience of mercy that unites believers to God and with each other, Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury said.

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