Pope Francis’ journey from the streets of Flores, a neighbourhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to the Vatican, is a remarkable tale. Born in 1936, Jorge Bergoglio was raised in a middle-class family of Italian Catholic immigrants. Bergoglio defied his mother’s wish for him to become a medical doctor and chose instead to […]
Religion
In a historic move, Pope Francis has named Bishop Mykola Bychok, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Melbourne, as one of the 21 new cardinals set to be elevated later this year. This marks the first time an Australian-based cardinal has been appointed since the death of Cardinal […]
