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.

From a Railway Platform to the Altar: Abandoned Child Becomes a Priest
Twenty-eight years ago, a frightened five-year-old boy was found alone at Shoranur railway station. He had no memory of his parents or a family to


