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By Agnes Chai Gilbert James is the second son of Sabah soil to embrace the way of life of St Francis in the Capuchin Order, the first being Fr Valentine Gompok of Tambunan in 2003. Vocational discernment often begins with listening to God, gaining clarity and taking the next best step closest to the call. For Gilbert, it was no different. In his discernment journey, he explored several Religious Orders/Society, as well as the diocesan priesthood. But as God would have it, he discovered that to be a son of St Francis of Assisi was the way for him to best answer God’s call to the priestly voc...

Dinner came warm in a tinfoil container and Rodney ate it sitting alone in a church pew. December sunlight shone weakly through the stained glass as he sat finishing his meal. He is homeless and his feet were sore. "I've blisters because it's hard walking the streets," he said. Rodney, aged somewhere in his mid-40s, was one of a few people sitting and eating among the rows of wooden pews in the Church of Saint Mary of the Angels in Dublin's Smithfield. "It's strange to have a meal in a church. This is a place of peace and quiet and safety, so I show respect," he said.

Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo of Kinshasa (Photo by Stéphane Ouzounoff/Ciric). Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo, the latest addition to Pope Francis's privy council of chief advisors, is one of the leading Catholic voices on the African continent. The 60-year-old Capuchin Franciscan has been head of the Archdiocese of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for just over two years. But he's no stranger to Church leadership positions. A moral theologian with a doctorate from the prestigious Alphonsian Academy in Rome ("Alphonsianum"), he headed his Capuchin Order's vice-province in DRC ...