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Why did the Pope go to Egypt?

2 May 2017

Pope Francis’ trip to Egypt on April 28 and 29 was a real success on all levels. But no one could’ve known for sure that was going to be the case. On paper, it was high-risk trip. The impressive security device put in place by the Egyptian government along the main roads the Pope was […]

“Behold, I Make All Things New”

26 April 2017

My parents raised me and my sisters Catholic, so we went to Mass every Sunday and I went to CCD and received all my sacraments. I liked following rules and I was a “good Catholic”. I did everything I was supposed to do, but I didn’t have a relationship with God; I didn’t even know […]

Pope Francis at audience: our faith an anchor in heaven

26 April 2017

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis held his weekly General Audience in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday, during which he continued his catechetical reflections on the theme of Christian hope, focusing specifically on the final words of comfort and consolation the Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew records Our Lord speaking to the disciples immediately before ascending […]

9 Easter quotes from Pope Benedict XVI on his 90th birthday

16 April 2017

Ever since his birth and Baptism, Pope Benedict has been tied to the mystery of Easter. Pope Benedict XVI was born 90 years ago on April 16, 1927, which happened to also be Holy Saturday. On that same day, Pope Benedict’s parents brought him to the church to be baptized at the Easter Vigil ceremonies, a […]

Jesus is risen! He is truly risen!

16 April 2017

“Jesus is risen!” – “He is truly risen, as he said!” Those were Pope Francis’ words as he delivered his traditional Urbi et Orbi (to the city and the world) message from the central loggia of St Peter’s Basilica on a sunny Easter Sunday. The Pope said that “by his resurrection, Jesus Christ has set […]

“There’s no human condition that can’t be healed, with love!”

11 April 2017

“The Song of the Irias” is a play written by Wilde Fabio, a member of the Shalom Catholic Community. It has been performed all over Brazil to wide acclaim. It was originally written in Portuguese and has been translated into Spanish, Italian, Hungarian and most recently English. The central theme revolves around the same “Salvation […]

Pope Francis: Jesus demands to be loved in the downtrodden

10 April 2017

“This Jesus, who accepts the hosannas of the crowd,” said Pope Francis in his homily, “knows full well that they will soon be followed by the cry: ‘Crucify him!’ He does not ask us to contemplate Him only in pictures and photographs, or in the videos that circulate on the internet. No. He is present […]

What Is Holy Week?

10 April 2017

Holy Week is the week preceding Easter and the final week of Lent. Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday and ends with Holy Saturday, the day before Easter Sunday. Holy Week includes Holy Thursday (also known as Maundy Thursday) and Good Friday, which, together with Holy Saturday, are known as the Triduum. Before the […]

Lent is a key time to open ourselves to the light of Christ and let go of all the “false lights” that lead us away

27 March 2017

Pope Francis said Lent is a key time to open ourselves to the light of Christ and let go of all the “false lights” that lead us away from him, taking us instead down a path of darkness marked by our own selfishness. “If now I were to ask you, do you believe that Jesus […]

The Holy Eucharist in the Life of Bl. Teresa of Calcutta

26 March 2017

Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta writes: “These desires to satiate the longings of Our Lord for souls of the poor — for pure victims of his love — goes on increasing with every Mass and Holy Communion” (MFG, p. 19). For this reason back in 1946-47 when she was writing the very first Constitutions for […]

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