forgiveness

In February 2020, seven children walking to the store to get ice cream in Sydney, Australia, were struck by a driver who was drunk and on drugs. Four of them died. The parents of three of the victims has since focused on the power of forgiveness.

Caritas’ assistance includes shelter and temporary housing, hot meals and to-go food packets, medications, hygiene kits, recreational activities for children and psychological assistance for children, families and individuals.

“In the midst of our own crises and our difficulties, divine mercy often makes us aware of the sufferings of our neighbor,” the pope said April 24 at a Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica commemorating Divine Mercy Sunday.

The head of the Manitoba Métis Federation said his group’s meeting with Pope Francis was an emotional encounter centered on reconciliation between the Indigenous community and the Catholic Church.

The pope celebrated the Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper at the prison and washed the feet of 12 inmates — men and women of different ages and nationalities.

Authors Father Greg Boyle and Sister Joan Chittister offer help as we try to understand how to live during these challenging times — or any time.

In the hourlong interview, Pope Francis repeated what he often has said about the scandal of weapons’ sales and the futility of war, the obligation to protect the environment and the need for a better-coordinated European process for welcoming migrants and refugees.

The archbishop had said he offered to step down to avoid “becoming a source of divisions,” and the pope accepted his resignation Dec. 2.