We have already seen several basilicas in Rome called Trastevere, famous for its restaurants and for its characteristic buildings. There is another one that we should not miss, and it is the Basilica of Saint Cecilia, it is very dear…
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A ROMAN PRIEST
Aurelio Porfiri On the morning of Saturday, January 9, Don Ennio Innocenti, a Roman priest, as he liked to call himself, passed away. He was born in 1932, in Pistoia and lived through the pains of war, culminating in the…
SOCCER AS A METAPHOR OF FAITH
Aurelio Porfiri Giuseppe Meazza was born in Milan on August 23, 1910. He was considered by some to be the greatest Italian soccer player of all time. Inter Milan’s player and best scorer of all time with this team, he…
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Carlos M. Frota Unity! Unity! Disunion is a scandal ! It’s a sin! I heard the appeal from within, inscribed in my personal history as a Christian and as a Catholic. And my thoughts lead me towards old times during…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (111) – Can we just pray anywhere? Why do we need churches?
Rev José Mario O Mandíajmom.honlam.org Why do we need special places for praying? Can we not just prayer anywhere? Yes, one not only can but must pray wherever he finds himself. The CCCC (no 244) explains: “The worship ‘in spirit…
“WITH A FATHER’S HEART” – St Joseph, the Saint we need for 2021
Fr Leonard Dollentas In a new Apostolic Letter entitled Patris corde (“With a Father’s Heart”), Pope Francis recalls the 150th anniversary of the declaration of Saint Joseph as Patron of the Universal Church. To highlight this occasion, the Holy Father…
FRATELLI TUTTI – The Social Encyclical on Fraternity
Fausto Gomez OP Fratelli Tutti (FT) is the title of the new encyclical of Pope Francis. The title is a quote from a talk of St Francis of Assisi with his Franciscan brothers: all brothers. Thesubtitle is “on Fraternity and…
FROM NAZARETH TO TRSAT TO LORETO – “Here, I conceived the Creator of all things”
Miguel Augusto On the morning of May 10, 1291, during a time of great Islamic expansion and before the arrival of the Muslims in Nazareth, the Holy Family House inexplicably disappeared. And, just as inexplicably, it appeared on the hill…
In memory of Carmelite Reginald Foster
Aurelio Porfiri Carmelite Reginald Foster, born in 1939 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and considered one of the greatest Latinists of the Catholic Church, died on Christmas Day 2020.
THE OPENED DOORS OF HEAVEN
Fr Jijo Kandamkulathy CMFClaretian Publications 10 January 2021 – Baptism of the Lord – Year BMark 1:7-11 In those days, in the shallows of Jordan, John the Baptist was baptizing, a mark for people to turn away from their sins.…