Solemnity of the Immacolate 2024

A culture of care as a path to peace This is the theme chosen by Pope Francis for the 54th message on the occasion of the world day for peace: a culture of care as a way to combat the culture of indifference, waste and confrontation so prevalent in our time. Promoting a culture of care calls for a process of education that begins in the family, the natural and fundamental nucleus of society, in ...

Pope Francis begins his message by recalling a letter he wrote last year in which he chose four key words – pain, gratitude, encouragement, and praise – as a way of “thanking priests and supporting their ministry”. Today, he says, those same words can “be addressed to the whole people of God”, alongside a passage from Matthew’s Gospel that recounts the “remarkable experience of Jes...

“Do good; seek justice” (Isaiah, 1:17), is the theme for the week of prayer for Christian Unity from 18 to 25 January prepared from a group of Minnesota Church

“The Gospel of the Family: Joy for the World” will be the theme of the IX World Meeting of Families that will be held in Dublin (Ireland), from 22 to 26 August 2018. Pope Francis will visit the meeting for the final Vigily and Holy Mass. O theme has been chosen personally by the Pope, framed in the context of the Apostolic Exhortation, as he explained in the Letter of the announcement of...

The World Day of Prayer for Vocations this year falls on 21 April. The theme chosen echoes that of the upcoming jubilee: “Called to sow seeds of hope and to build peace“. The Pope urges readers to reflect on the call each person receives and to consider their vocation in life, inviting them to prayer and openness to God’s plan of love. He stresses the importance of listening to o...

Saint Joseph: The Dream of Vocation Saint Joseph is an extraordinary figure, yet at the same time one “so close to our own human experience”. He did not do astonishing things, he had no unique charisms, nor did he appear special in the eyes of those who met him. He was not famous or even noteworthy: the Gospels do not report even a single word of his. Still, through his ordinary life, he accom...

The courage to take a risk for God’s promise In encountering the Lord, some may feel the attraction of a call to the consecrated life or to the ordained priesthood.  It is a discovery that can excite and at the same time frighten us, since we feel called to become “fishers of men” in the barque of the Church by giving totally of ourselves in commitment to faithful service of the Gospel and ...