PAUL VI HALL —
Pope at audience: “Discernment is indispensable for living”
di M.Michela NicolaisToday Pope Francis inaugurated a new cycle of catechesis in Paul VI Hall on discernment, “indispensable for living”, for “God…
PAUL VI HALL —
HOLY MASS WITH THE CARDINALS —
Pope Francis: “Wonder is the thermometer of our spiritual life”
di M.Michela NicolaisDuring the Holy Mass celebrated in St. Peter’s Basilica, the Pope called on the faithful to beware of “spiritual worldliness”,…
GENERAL AUDIENCE —
Papa Francesco: “I went to Canada to ask forgiveness on behalf of the Church”
di M.Michela NicolaisSpeaking at today’s audience, Pope Francis retraced each leg of his “penitential pilgrimage” to Canada. “The main motivation was to…
SPIRITUALITY —
The power of forgiveness
di Enzo FortunatoThe ongoing economic and social crisis, one that will unfortunately not be short-lived, is exacerbating growing forms of individualism and…
CONSISTORY —
Dom Leonardo Steiner, a Cardinal for Amazonia: “My ministry is rooted in missionary zeal”
di Bruno Desidera*Dom Leonardo Steiner, Archbishop of Manaus, besides being one of two Brazilian clerics who will join the College of Cardinals…
LAST DAY —
The Pope in Canada. “I also feel a part of your family”
di M.Michela NicolaisThe meeting with Quebec’s indigenous people and the stopover in Iqaluit, near the Arctic Circle, were the highlights of the…
THIRD DAY —
Pope in Canada: “No to ideological colonisations and terrible cold wars that are still increasing”
di M.Michela Nicolais“We need to ask ourselves not how to pursue wars, but how to stop them. And to prevent entire peoples…
SECOND DAY —
Pope in Canada: “What do we want to bequeath to those who come after us, a world at war or a world at peace?”
di M.Michela NicolaisThe Holy Mass at Edmonton’s Commonwealth Stadium, before a crowd of 50,000 people, followed by the “Lac Ste. Anne pilgrimage”,…
APOSTOLIC JOURNEYS —
The Pope in Canada: “I humbly beg forgiveness for the evil committed by so many Christians”
di M.Michela Nicolais“I myself wish to reaffirm this, with shame and unambiguously. I humbly beg forgiveness for the evil committed by so…
Day of Pryer —
Mexico’s desaparecidos. María Herrera Magdaleno, one of the mothers, met with the Pope: “May the perpetrators repent”
di Bruno DesideraThe words of María Herrera Magdaleno, mother of four desaparecidos children, come on the eve of a day of prayer…
EMERGENCY —
Ukraine: humanitarian aid is dwindling. Fr Semehen (St. Sophia): “The people are still in need.” Schintu ( CRI): “The war has not ended.”
di Marco CalvareseOver four months have passed since Russia invaded the territory of Ukraine on February 24, and there is no sign…
SAINT PETER’S SQUARE —
Pope at audience: “Let us not forget Ukraine.”
di M.Michela NicolaisDuring today’s general audience Pope Francis boarded the Popemobile with three Ukrainian children. He thus sent out a renewed appeal…
