A community-based drug rehabi-litation program run by Manila Arch-diocese has received a boost from Pope Francis a year after it’s launch. Card. Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila said the pontiff was excited about the program, called Sanlakbay (One Journey), which has so far helped more than 100 drug dependents. The Manila prelate told the Pope about the community initia-tive during a recent audience.

Consistory to reflect on Church’s mission to communicate God’s love
In a letter to the Cardinals ahead of a late-June Consistory, Pope Leo XIV calls for a deeper reflection on the themes of “Evangelii gaudium,”


