As Pope Meets LGBTQ+ Advocate, Prelate Credits Him for ‘Personal Conversion’

Archbishop Zbigņev Stankevičs of Riga, Latvia, a participant in this month’s Synod of Bishops on Synodality, has said homosexuals are called to live in chastity in accord with Church teaching, but credited Pope Francis for what he called his own “personal conversion” on the issue, becoming less judgmental.

Pope Francis Tells Artists They Shape Our Imagination

For the past few weeks I have been thinking about the wonderful talk that Pope Francis gave to Catholic artists last May in Rome. I keep returning to it, and each time I re-read it I feel renewed. 

‘Please Let No More Innocent Blood Be Shed’

In his Angelus prayer on Oct. 15, Pope Francis said of the heinous acts in the Holy Land, “Prayer is the meek and holy force to oppose the diabolical force of hatred, terrorism, and war.” 

Diocesan Assignments – October 21, 2023

Rev. Paul Anel, from administrator to pastor of St. Paul and St. Agnes, Cobble Hill, effective Sept. 19. PAROCHIAL VICAR Rev. Joseph A. Miller, to part-time parochial vicar of St. Mary Star of the Sea and St. Gertrude, Far Rockaway, effective Oct. 1.