“Who has loved?” Pope’s General Audience – May 28, 2025

Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Pope Leo XIV

In his General Audience, Pope Leo XIV reflected on the Parable of the Good Samaritan, calling it "a path for transforming that question ['what must I do to inherit eternal life?' (Luke 10:25)], to pass from 'who loves me?' to 'who has loved?' .... The first question is the one we ask when we sit in the corner and wait, the second is the one that drives us to set out on the path."

Healing the wounds of Canada: Pope Francis and the Indigenous

Friday, September 30, 2022

Julian Paparella

As I stood in Maskwacis, Alberta, witnessing Pope Francis arrive to deliver his much-awaited apology to the Indigenous peoples of Canada on their lands, I was cut to the heart. Two things struck me simultaneously. First, the suffering, pain, and intergenerational trauma that has wreaked havoc on Indigenous communities and families. Second, the humility, courage, […]

The kind of Church Jesus wants: Walking together following the Good Samaritan | Love Digest

Thursday, June 2, 2022

Julian Paparella

With the parable of the Good Samaritan, Jesus starkly illuminates for us the kind of Church He wants us to be.

How am I a neighbour, especially during COVID? | Love Digest

Thursday, November 19, 2020

Julian Paparella

How can I be a good neighbour during the COVID-19 pandemic? Julian Paparella explores this question in a new instalment of Love Digest.

Deacon-structing The Good Samaritan

Sunday, July 21, 2019

Deacon Pedro

We've heard the Parable of the Good Samaritan a thousands of times. But let's think about it again and ask ourselves with real honesty: Who is my neighbour?

WYD Panama 2019: Pope Francis speaks to HIV patients

Sunday, January 27, 2019

Salt + Light Media

Read this reflection on the Good Samaritan given by Pope Francis to young people suffering from HIV and those who care for them.

Message of Benedict XVI for the World Day of the Sick 2013

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Carlos Ferreira

Below is the text of the Holy Father’s message for the World Day of the Sick which will take place February 11, 2013 Dear Brothers and Sisters, 1. On 11 February 2013, the liturgical memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes, the Twenty-first World Day of the Sick will be solemnly celebrated at the Marian Shrine […]