Speaking publicly for the first time about the apostolic visitation of U.S. women religious communities his congregation is conducting, Cardinal Franc Rodé said that he requested the three-year ...

He said his office already had been considering convoking an apostolic visitation when he traveled to the United States in 2008 for a symposium on religious life at Stonehill College in Easton, Mass.

Achieving full communion among Christians must be a goal for all who profess faith in the Church, one, holy, catholic and apostolic”. By way of conclusion the Pope wrote “The Symposium which follows ...