Events

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...

“Praised be You, my Lord, through our Sister Mother Earth”, Francis of Assisi sang these words in 1225, thanking the Lord and praising Him for all his creatures in a contemplative gaze that could transcend death. In 2015, he was echoed by the new Pope in the Encyclical Letter Laudato Si’.  Pope Francis soon chose to take the name of the Saint of Assisi, by whose words he express his hea...

On this death all the living find their stronghold VIA CRUCIS 2020 On this Holy Friday, a time of silence and meditation, here is an opportunity to pray on the inspiration of the stations of the Via Crucis, with the help of the witnesses and reflections of our sisters from all over the world and of MsI Lay Associates…  

The day in which Msgr Oscar Arnulfo Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador was assassinated in 1980, was chosen 28 years ago by the then Missionary Youth Movement of the Pontifical Mission Societies of Italy, to celebrate annually the “Day of Prayer and Fasting in memory of the Missionary Martyrs.” The slogan of the 2020 Day is “In Love and Alive” informs Giovanni Rocca, national secretary of ...

The theme of the world day of peace, which is celebrated on January 1, 2020 is: “PEACE AS A JOURNEY OF HOPE: DIALOGUE, RECONCILIATION AND ECOLOGICAL CONVERSION“. Pope Francis invite everyone to choose peace as a journey of hope in the face of obstacles and trial: “Peace is a great and precious value, the object of our hope and the aspiration of the entire human family. As a human...

The hope of the poor shall not perish for ever This is the title of the 3rd World Day of the Poor that is celebrated on Sunday 17 november 2019. The words of the psalm 9 express a profound truth, says the Pope in the message dedicated to this day, the truth “that faith impresses above all on the hearts of the poor, restoring lost hope in the face of injustice, sufferings and the uncertaintie...

Amazonia: new paths for the church and for an integral ecology This is the theme of the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Pan Amazonian region that will take place in October 2019 in Rome. The preparation for this important event started in last January with the first Bishop assembly at Puerto Maldonado, in Peru and continue with the diocesan and parish reunions that are working on ...

«We are members one of another (Eph 4,25). From social network communities to the human community». With this theme pope Francis gives continuity to the communications day, the one instituted by the Second Vatican Council, in order to make the faithful responsible for a social communication guided by christian values. Here some words from the Pope’s message: “The present context calls ...

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 ...