Pope Francis installed 17 new cardinals at a consistory on November 19, 2016, the evening prior to the close of the Jubilee Year of Mercy at St. Peter Basilica on Sunday, November 20.

Fr. Pat Clark, CSSp. left his home country of Ireland in 1976 to minister in Brazil where he remains 40 years later. Asked what his overall objective has been, he responded, “to meet people, be present to them, to perhaps plant a seed, and to share something that I believe is worth sharing and that people want to listen to”.

Matthew Nestler of localBoy Scout Troop 228 led a project for his Eagle Scout rank at theprovincial offices in Bethel Park, Pa., the weekend of October 15-16. 

World Mission Sunday, organized by the Pontifical Mission Society for the Propagation of the Faith, is a day set aside for Catholics worldwide to recommit themselves to the Church’s missionary activity through prayer and sacrifice.