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Fr. Cantalamessa’s 5th Lenten Homily: East and West Before the Mystery of Salvation

27 March 2015

Here is the fifth Lenten homily given this year by the preacher of the Pontifical Household, Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa. * * * With this meditation we conclude our overview of the common faith of East and West, and we conclude it with what concerns us more directly, the problem of salvation: that is, how […]

Pope: “Int’l community must take concrete steps for peace

12 January 2015

Pope Francis has called on the international community to take concrete steps to bring about peace and to protect all those who are victims of war and persecution. In a wide-ranging discourse to members of the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See, the Pope focused on a series of urgent issues which – he said […]

Pope to journalists: I prayed for Turkey, for peace, for Christian unity

1 December 2014

Half a century on from the first meeting between a Pope and an Orthodox Patriarch, one of the frequently asked questions at the end of this visit to Turkey is how long will it take before the two Churches are reunited again? A second question that’s been on everyone’s lips in the overwhelmingly Muslim nation is […]

The Church Can Help Build a Better Europe

16 May 2014

The campaign for the European elections opens on May 12. The elections will take place from May 22 to 25 in the 28 member states of the European Union (May 25 in France). More than 500 million Europeans will choose their 751 representatives (74 for France) in the European Parliament for the next five years. […]

Adoration and prayers in all churches for the kidnapped girls

14 May 2014

The Church of Nigeria is following with special attention and participation the case of the nearly 300 girls kidnapped by a terrorist group in Nigeria. “In the last two Sundays, at the end of every Mass, we prayed so that the girls can embrace their families soon”, says Fr. Patrick Tor Alumuku, Director of Communications […]

Solemnity of the Annunciation – Nazareth – Israel

5 April 2014

“Let us not fear, the Holy Spirit is coming upon us.” These are the words that His Beatitude Patriarch Fouad Twal spoke during his homily on the Solemnity of the Annunciation on the 25th of March in the Basilica in Nazareth. It was in this church, where since the earliest times Christians have venerated the […]

At the General Audience Pope Francis explores the Apostolic nature of a Church rooted in Christ

16 October 2013

2013-10-17 L’Osservatore Romano At the General Audience on Wednesday, 16 October, in St Peter’s Square, the Holy Father spoke about the Church handed down through the centuries, like a river, and the source is and always Christ himself. Thus, the topic of his reflection was the […]