Pastoral and practical: Francis seeks healing, hardline against abuse

Pastoral and practical: Francis seeks healing, hardline against abuse Pope Francis kisses the hand of residential school survivor Alma Desjarlais of the Frog Lake First Nation during a welcoming ceremony at Edmonton International Airport July 24, 2022. Photo: CNS.

Carol Glatz Pope Francis has held up two recurring images the past decade: the good shepherd who looks for the lost sheep, and who lays down his life to defend and save them; and the good Samaritan, who did not ignore, pity or judge the wounded traveller, but helped him without asking for anything in…

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