We highlight Andrea Tornielli's interview with the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople who talks about his surprise at Francis' unexpected gift, indicates service to the world as the only way for evangelization and talks about the fires in the Amazon explaining the spiritual and theologies of commitment to the environment.
The gift of the relics was accompanied by a letter from the Pope which was made public on September 13, the day on which the Latin Church celebrates the memory of His predecessor Saint John Chrysostom.