This morning, the Church received with joy the news that Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected as the 267th Pope, taking the name Leo XIV.
Read the rest of my statement below:
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This evening at 5:10 p.m., I will celebrate Mass at Holy Rosary Cathedral to give thanks to God for the election of our new Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV.
The unspeakable horror of the tragedy after the Lapu Lapu Day Festival leaves us grieving and deeply disturbed. 1/3
On this sombre Day of Remembrance and Mourning, declared by the Province of British Columbia, we recognize that our lives are bound together and that we cannot face tragedy isolated from one another. 2/3
In these days of sorrow following the tragedy at the Lapu-Lapu Day Festival in Vancouver, I continue to hold you all, especially our Filipino community, in my prayers. 1/5
Resources are likewise available for clergy, parish staff, ministry leaders, and Catholic educators to accompany those affected by trauma, drawing on the best practices of pastoral care.
For more information on these supports, please visit rcav.org/lapu-lapu 4/5
Leading with humility, he called us to a renewed closeness to Jesus and a missionary spirit that reaches to the peripheries. His vision of synodality—a Church that listens, discerns and walks together—profoundly shapes our local Church today. 3/6
Inspired by his declaration of an Extraordinary Missionary Month in October 2019, we launched Proclaim, a movement that awakens disciples to proclaim Jesus. The Pope’s challenge to embrace missionary discipleship continues to guide our evangelization efforts today. 5/6
It is with great sorrow that I join the faithful of the @archvancouver, and Catholics around the world, in mourning the passing of our Holy Father, Pope Francis.
Pope Francis was a tireless shepherd of the Church, a beacon of hope, and a champion of the Gospel. 1/6
“I have risen and I am with you still.”
May these words resound in all our hearts as we celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus this Easter. After his Death on the cross, He has conquered sin and death.
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Dear friends: this Holy Week, I ask you to take some quiet time to read one of the four Gospel accounts of the Passion.
Situate yourself within the narrative and let yourself be moved by what Jesus has done for you by his suffering and death on the Cross. At the same time, ask him to open your heart to recognize and relieve his ongoing suffering in those around you.