Rev José Mario O Mandíajmom.honlam.org What does the “fire” of purgatory consist in? Pope Benedict explains: “Some recent theologians are of the opinion that the fire which both burns and saves is Christ himself, the Judge and Saviour. The encounter…
(Vatican News) In his homily at Mass for the commemoration of the deceased faithful, in the Church of the Teutonic Cemetery in the Vatican, Pope Francis made the prophet Job’s words his own, and explained that Christian hope is a…
Corrado Gnerre For some time I have noticed that there are fewer kneelers in churches today. Indeed, in modern buildings, often benches are found without the part assigned to welcome the faithful genuflected. I don’t understand why. I initially thought…
On the feast of their founder St Anthony Claret, the Bangalore Claretians inaugurated the Mother’s Meal program in Uganda, to provide support for 100 families in distress due to COVID.
Leonard Dollentas In the documentary film, “Francesco” premiered at the Rome Film Festival last October 16, 2020, filmmaker Evgeny Afineevsky chronicles Pope Francis’s approach to pressing social issues. In one portion of the documentary referring to homosexual people, Pope Francis…
Marco Carvalho The “Mother’s Meal” initiative, which was launched last August in India, has expanded to Uganda in late October. The ambitious programme, which aims to feed one million families worldwide over the course of a whole year, has reached…
(Aleteia) Fr. Matthieu Dauchez is a French priest who works in Manila, Philippines, as the director of the ANAK-Tnk foundation, which helps street children in the poorest areas of the capital city. The foundation has already helped more than 50,000…
(Aleteia) Geneva Consensus Declaration upholds nations’ right to determine laws affecting the unborn.
(CNA) Vatican Cardinal Robert Sarah said Thursday that the West must wake up to the threat of Islamism after three people were killed at a French church by an attacker shouting “Allahu Akbar.”
(CNA) A new survey released this week has found that 1 in 5 Catholic likely voters say they accept everything the Church teaches, with young adults being more likely than older generations to say they agree with Catholic doctrine. RealClear…