In Taipei, 24 and 25 December are working days. Few people know the meaning of the holiday, yet the city is illuminated by LED lights. A missionary of the Fraternity of St. Charles describes the hope that everyone has inside.
On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the priestly ordination of Pope Francis, we re-propose the homily for the Jubilee, delivered on 3 June 2016.
The Pope’s message of hope to the victims of Fukushima. The embrace towards those who suffer from loneliness and alienation. And the words said to a young Filipino immigrant, which can be addressed to everyone: "The Lord needs you!"
Francis' visit to Japan began with a visit to the sites of the 1945 massacres and with a strong reprimand for peace, “an unarmed peace”, and a reminder of the history of Christianity in Japan.
Francis’ third and last day in Thailand. He visited a parish in the suburbs before meeting the bishops and celebrating mass with young people.
Francis’ first meetings in Thailand. And mass with 60 thousand people, who came from Vietnam and Cambodia for "a novelty that is much more beautiful than you can imagine”.
The Archbishop of Taranto analyses the Synod of Bishops on the Amazon. Listening to the cry of this land and its peoples. A healthy shock "that can make us rediscover the novelty of the Gospel".
“Let us pray for the grace to experience ourselves in need of mercy, interiorly poor.” Pope Francis’ homily during mass at the conclusion of the Synod on the Amazon.
Venezuela, on the slopes of Mount Roraima, Theodore and his Catholic people hadn’t seen a priest for a long time. The story of a casual encounter and the beginning of a friendship.
In Chiapas, a village of Native American farmers, several hours by jeep from "civilization". People, from the mountains, gather to welcome a priest who comes to celebrate Holy Week.
Guillermina lives in Ocotlán de Morelos, Mexico. She is a craftswoman with ten children. "Clay is earth, water, fire and air, but without me it's nothing. When I have a mass of clay, I pray and do not use moulds.” This is what her work teaches her.
He is the first English saint of the modern age. From the October issue of Traces, Professor Ian Ker, the leading expert on Newman's life and work , presents a portrait of the man, intellectual, pastor and prophet of the contemporary church.
“We have come to contemplate the peoples”, said Francis, at the opening of the Synod. In a series of articles, Julián de la Morena, missionary in Latin America, recounts his encounters with indigenous Christians. Simple people, but of great human stature.
Cardinal Serafim Fernandes de Araújo has died at the age of 95. He accompanied the movement in Brazil since the Sixties. Speaking about Fr. Giussani, he said: “He made everything pass through that diamond that is Christ".
For the occasion of the canonisation of John Henry Newman on 13th October, we re-propose extracts from the Newman exhibition, which developed Pope Benedict XVI's reading of Newman's life as a threefold journey of conversion. A journey for us all.
John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis. A collection of the Church’s statements on themes at the heart of the Synod on the Amazon. At stake is not only "a "physical" ecology, but also a "human" ecology, that makes existence more dignified".
A new Cistercian "foundation" in the countryside, in the North of the country, will host a community of ten Trappist nuns who will leave their home in Vitorchiano, Italy. A living expression of "our being Church for the world".
For the occasion of the canonisation of John Henry Newman on 13th October, we re-propose extracts from the Newman exhibition, which developed Pope Benedict XVI's reading of Newman's life as a threefold journey of conversion. A journey for us all.
Italy’s Constitutional Court ruled on the non-punishment of suicide assistance to those who have already decided to take their own lives, pointing towards guidelines for a future law. The Italian Episcopal conference reiterates the words of Pope Francis.
Why is the life of indigenous peoples at the center of the Church’s attention? The interview with the Bishop of Parintins who, before participating in the October synod dedicated to the Amazon, will be at the Cultural Centre in Milan on 24th September.
For the occasion of the canonisation of John Henry Newman on 13th October, we re-propose extracts from the Newman exhibition, which developed Pope Benedict XVI's reading of Newman's life as a threefold journey of conversion. A journey for us all.