Relations between the Holy See and Vietnam are moving ahead in a positive way.

‘I believe that today there is, in fact, a need for everyone to work to change the world situation, which is a situation of grave wounds, of grave conflict.’

As this year ends, it is crucial that we not shut the door—holy or otherwise—on the needs of those around us.

Blessed are those who look into the eyes of the abandoned and marginalized and show them their closeness.

Archbishop Tobin is a man of simple lifestyle, committed to dialogue, encounter and the poor.

One of the more intriguing questions Pope Francis prompted earlier this year when he announced that a Vatican commission would study whether the early church had women deacons was: How would Catholics react to women preaching?