With the theme: “Vocations: Grace and Mission”, the 60th World Day of Prayer for Vocations will be held on April 30, 2023.
On this day we proclaim that he, the Lord of our life, is “the resurrection and the life” of the world (cf. Jn 11:25).
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Today we begin the 40-day season in the liturgical calendar of the Church we call Lent.
It is remarkable how words differ even in expressing the same thing. In English it is “Lent” from the Middle Engish “lente” which means “springtime”.
The Lenten journey of penance and the journey of the Synod alike have as their goal a transfiguration, both personal and ecclesial.S
After having reflected in past years on the verbs “to go and see” and “to listen” as conditions for good communication, with this Message for the LVII World Day of Social Communications, I would like to focus on “speaking with the heart”.
We are present in this Eucharistic gathering, in this assembly of thanksgiving, to give praise and thanks to God for this solemn liturgical declaration of the St. Dominic Parish Church as a Basilica Minore.
“Father, into your hands I commend my spirit” (Lk 23:46).
I imagine what it must have been like for Joseph Ratzinger when he was elected to the papacy in 2005, at the age of 78.
The Vatican on Saturday evening published the Spiritual Testament of Benedict XVI, written on Aug. 29, 2006, one year and four months into his pontificate.
Caritas Internationalis assists the Supreme Pontiff and the Bishops in the exercise of their ministry to the poorest and most in need,
As we bring the FABC 50 General Conference to a close in this Eucharistic Celebration, we make our own the words of the psalmist, “I will praise your name for ever, my King and my God.”