reconciliation

Pope Francis called on authorities in Sri Lanka to listen to the cries of their people and renewed his calls for peace in Ukraine which have continued to fend off attacks from Russia.

Pope Francis was to have been in Kinshasa, Congo, that day, but was forced to postpone the trip because of problems with his knee.

Recalling the words of the late Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras, the pope said that as “sister churches, brother peoples,” Orthodox Christians and Catholics must unite in answering the call to help those suffering in war.

The release of the Framework for Motions signals the beginning of the end of the plenary journey with a call to “undertake the necessary work to rebuild confidence in the probity and trustworthiness of the Catholic community in this country.”

Here is the schedule released by the Vatican May 28.

Cardinal O’Malley encouraged the bishops “to undertake a constructive process of review, of reform and of reconciliation” in view of calls for a national study on clerical sexual abuse.

This documentary, which premiered Good Friday over online streaming services, focuses on the providential chain of events that led up to the fulfillment of a death row inmate’s dying wish — that his victim’s family would forgive him.

Father Bassano, also a member of Solidarity with South Sudan, an international network of Catholics religious, lives in the camp.