– Fr Daniel Antonio de Carvalho Ribeiro, SCJ The II International Congress on Catechesis was held at the Paul VI Hall, in Rome From September 20 to 23, 2018. The event was attended by about 2,000 people, including bishops, priests,…
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Great Figures of the Missionary Work — Bengal and the Kingdom of the Dragon (21)
Joaquim Magalhães de Castro The Christians remained in Rangamati for about a hundred years. The condition of soldiers forced them to remain stationed in that region ready to participate in the Mughal military campaigns in neighboring Assam. This is…
International Conference and a forum on Peace Journalism
On the occasion of the canonization of Blessed Paul VI and Blessed Oscar Arnulfo Romero, the Dicastery for Communication, in collaboration with the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, and SIGNIS (World Catholic Association for Communication), is organizing an International Conference…
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH PROFESSOR GUIDO VIGNELLI — The Real Saint Francis of Assisi
Aurelio Porfiri Professor Guido Vignelli, an Italian scholar of ethics, political philosophy and social doctrine of the Catholic Church has devoted to Saint Francis a book called San Francesco Antimoderno (2010, Fede & Cultura). He is now working on…
MARIAN APPARITIONS (83) — Loreto, Italy
The title “Our Lady of Loreto” is associated with the Holy House of Loreto in Italy, the house of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, miraculously transported by the angels from Palestine to Europe. The house of the…
POPE FRANCIS TO CHINESE CATHOLICS — Faith changes history
(Vatican News) In a “Message to Catholics of China and to the Universal Church,” Pope Francis explains the reasons for signing the Provisional Agreement with the People’s Republic of China: to promote the proclamation of the Gospel, and to establish…
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USA CATHOLIC ABUSE CRISIS IS LIKELY NO ACCIDENT, BUT A STRATEGY TO ‘DESTROY CHURCH FROM WITHIN’ (LifeSiteNews) The shocking accusation by Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò that Pope Francis helped cover up sexual misconduct — an accusation the Pope has…
GREAT FIGURES OF THE MISSIONARY WORK – Bengal and the Kingdom of the Dragon (20)
– Joaquim Magalhães de Castro By the turn of the 17th century, numerous references to a Christian community of considerable size, certainly of “Firingi” origin, appeared in Rangamati on the banks of Brahmaputra. A text dating from 1682 and written…
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– Tej Francis STRASBOURG, FRANCE MYSTIC AND RELIGIOUS FOUNDER MOTHER ALPHONSE MARIE BEATIFIED IN STRASBOURG, FRANCE (CNA) A personal encounter with Mother Alphonse Marie Eppinger inspired “conversions which were far more miraculous than the raising of the dead,” recounted her…
PREPARING FOR THE FEAST OF ST FRANCIS – Message to our friends
As is usual, as we approach the Feast of St Francis of Assisi (4 October), the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Our Lady offer to the readers of this magazine a reflection on some excerpts related to his life. We remember…