In a historic moment for the Catholic Church, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected as the 267th Pope, taking the name Leo XIV, and becoming the first American-born pope in the Church’s 2,000-year history on May 8.
“In the spirit of building human fraternity and the common good, the peace of the heart is the heart of peace,” says Father Sebastiano D'Ambra, an Italian Missionary priest who works in the Philippines.
The head of the bishops’ conference in the Philippines on April 6 urged voters not to be swayed by surveys or disinformation on social media as May 9 national and local elections draw near.
