Events

To celebrate the wonderful anthropological diversity of our planet on the 9th of August we celebrate World Indigenous Peoples’ Day, proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in December 1994. Scattered throughout the earth there are in fact more than 5,000 communities for a total of 370 million people living in 70 countries of the world, who perpetuate ancient traditions and lifestyl...

“That you may tell your children and grandchildren” (Ex 10,2). Life becomes history This is the theme for the 54th World communications day which is celebrated every Sunday of the Ascension of the Lord. Pope Francis reflects on the narration between generations, on weaving good stories, which build up: I would like to devote this year’s Message to the theme of storytelling, because I believe...

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 ...