Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga during the Q & A following his Jan. 20 talk on "The Meaning of Mercy" at Santa Clara University.

Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga during the Q amp A following his January 20th talk on ldquo The Meaning of Mercy rdquo at Santa Clara University INTERLOCUTOR Given the emphasis on a ldquo Church of Mercy rdquo how might that emphasis affect the pastoral response of the Church to gay and les

"They used to say priests do not know of economy. I’d say but we know of humanity."

The Vatican sent mixed messages to the People rsquo s Republic of China before and at the end of Pope Francis rsquo s two-country Asia visit which ended earlier this week In mid-December the Pope declined to meet the Dalai Lama who was visiting Rome At the time the Vatican cited the sensitivity

The answer is not migration. The answer is development.

Last night at the Mission Church of Santa Clara University in Santa Clara California Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga Archbishop of Tegucigalpa Honduras President of Caritas Internationalis and Head of the Pope rsquo s Council of Cardinals the so-called ldquo Gang of Nine rdquo pr