It’s good to be back home! I returned last night from the Synod of Bishops in Rome, where, for the last two weeks, bishops from all the world, with the Bishop of Rome, Pope Francis, listened to God’s Holy Word, one another, and married couples in an inspired conversation on Marriage and the Family .
Below is a photo of our Holy Father, Pope Francis, my brother Bishops, and Father Bill Donovan, the liaison for the World Meeting of Families 2015. Father Bill Donovan, Archbishop Kurtz, Cardinal Dolan, Pope Francis, Cardinal Wuerl, and Archbishop Skurla Photo Credit: Father Bill Donovan
Cardinal Dolan speaks with His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk, the Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, about the Church in the Ukraine.
“The bishops of Africa are prophetic in reminding us that the role of the Church is to transform the culture, not to be transformed by the culture.” Here is an interview I had with Catholic News Service about the Church in Africa during the Synod—they inspire me!