Bible Book(s)/Chapter(s) for week 16: Sunday, Sept. 29 to Saturday, Oct. 6

To listen to a young child babbling as children love to do, wanting to be heard, needing and learning to speak, is to hear the oft-repeated words: mama, dada (or baba).

And we recall: “Unless you change and become like a little child, you will never enter the kingdom of Heaven” (Matthew 18:3).

Humanity needs to be motivated by spiritual values if it is to avoid being thrown into dangerous exploits and useless massacres, Pope Francis said.

The first World Youth Day to be hosted in a country where Christians are a minority will seek to instill young people with the courage to share the Gospel while fostering interreligious dialogue, organizers of the event said.

Do you know the motto of the Archdiocese of Toronto?  Every year on September 29, the Catholic Church celebrates the Feast of St. Michael and the Archangels, Gabriel and Raphael. In the Archdiocese of Toronto, this Feast is of great importance to us because St. Michael is the patron saint of the Archdiocese.

The Bible Book(s)/Chapter(s) for week 16: Sunday, Sept. 22, to Saturday, Sept 28.

The second session of the Synod of Bishops on synodality, set to bring 368 bishops, priests, religious and laypeople to the Vatican, will begin by asking forgiveness for various sins on behalf of all the baptized.

Asked what a U.S. Catholic given a choice between voting for a person who supports abortion or one who supports closing borders and deporting migrants, Pope Francis said one must choose "the lesser evil."

Readings for week 15: Sunday, Sept. 15 to Saturday, Sept. 21

The 87-year-old Pope Francis not only survived the longest trip of his pontificate, but he drew energy from the crowds who came to see him, and he seemed to enjoy his 12-day visit to Asia and the Pacific.