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March 23, 2018

Speaking Out: I agree with Cardinal Sarah

Cardinal Robert Sarah delivers a public lecture on living a silent Christian life at St. Michael's Cathedral in Toronto, Mar. 12, 2018.

His Eminence Cardinal Robert Sarah is truly a fearless speaker. 

Published in YSN: Speaking Out
June 23, 2016

Cardinal Robert Sarah made out of the right stuff

Guinean Cardinal Robert Sarah, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship, smiles as he talks with guests at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast May 17 in Washington.

Before a colleague mentioned the name of Cardinal Robert Sarah I had not heard of him. At the age of 34, the Guinea-born Sarah was made Archbishop of Conakry by Pope John Paul II. He was still a bambino (according to Pope Benedict XVI) when he was elevated to cardinal in 2010. 

Published in Guest Columns
October 10, 2014

Ebola frontlines still in Africa, not U.S.

Church workers say hunger and panic are major problems in Liberia and Sierra Leone as neighbourhoods are sealed off in an effort to curb the spread of ebola.

As the ebola death toll in West Africa surpassed 3,300, North American media were reporting a single, isolated case in Dallas with minute-by-minute, 24-hour coverage. For the Caritas network the focus is on Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone where fragile, underfunded health care systems are faced with daily deaths and new infections. 

Published in International