Fifty years ago, when Sister Judette Gallares professed her initial vows as a member of the Congregation of Our Lady of the Retreat in the Cenacle (Cenacle Sisters), she made what she considered to be a permanent commitment. In the…
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MISSIONARIES FROM MACAU TO THE WORLD – Saint Lazarus Island (16)
Joaquim Magalhães de Castro Marramaque, “seeing himself lost and without remedy”, prepared for the Iberian counterpart, going so far as to offer “everything he wanted.” What is certain is that Marramaque fell into the spotlight – in the opinion of…
More than 500 Ethiopians Christians have reportedly been murdered in door-to-door attacks since June
(Aleteia News) A Christian aid organization, the Barnabas Fund, is reporting that since June more than 500 Ethiopian Christians have been murdered in door-to-door attacks in the Oromia regional state of Ethiopia.
This church is now the first minor basilica in Central Asia
(CNA) The Vatican has named a church in Kazakhstan as the first minor basilica in Central Asia. The Minor Basilica of St. Joseph in Karaganda was built at the request of persecuted Catholics who had been exiled to the Kazakh…
Priest with COVID-19 livestreams Mass on Facebook, assisted by an oxygen tank
(Aleteia News) As long as he’s able, Fr. Miguel José Medina Oramas wants to continue praying with his congregation.
POPE AT ANGELUS – “Forgiveness and mercy help avoid suffering, wars…”
At Sunday’s midday Angelus prayer, Pope Francis reflects on the day’s Gospel of the parable of the unmerciful servant saying if we do not strive to forgive and love, neither we will be forgiven and loved.
SISTER IVANTIC, 107, IS LIVING IN HER SECOND PANDEMIC
(CNS) For Benedictine Sister Vivian Ivantic, these times are not unprecedented. Sister Ivantic was born in 1913, five years before the Spanish flu pandemic that began in 1918. Now, the Chicago woman religious can add the novel coronavirus to the…
Bread for the journey… in hard times
Carlos M. Frota Angelus prayer time. 16th of August. Pope Francis prays for Lebanon, Belarus at Sunday Angelus. Pope Francis appeals for dialogue in negotiations regarding the Nile. In remarks made after the recitation of the Angelus on Sunday, Pope…
BELARUSIAN BISHOPS APPEAL FOR BLOCKED ARCHBISHOP’S SAFE RETURN
(CNA) The Catholic bishops of Belarus are calling for prayers that one of their archbishops, who was blocked from re-entering the country last week, be allowed to return home.
POLISH BISHOPS CONCERNED BY RISE IN ACTS OF DESECRATION
(CNA) Poland’s bishops expressed concern Saturday about a rise in acts of desecration. In a statement issued at the end of their plenary assembly Aug. 29, the bishops called for greater respect for religious sensibilities.