PRAYER —
Pope at audience: “Even in the most painful of our sufferings, we are never alone”
di M.Michela NicolaisPope Francis devoted his last catechesis of the cycle on prayer to the Prayer of Jesus. “Everything is prayer, in…
PRAYER —
PRAYER —
Pope at audience: “The evil one is the lord of the penultimate day: never the lord of the last day”
di M.Michela NicolaisThe Pope devoted Wednesday’s General Audience to the certainty of being heard when we pray, even when it seems that…
CEI ASSEMBLY —
Pope Francis to the Italian bishops: “The Synod must start from the bottom up. The light shines from Florence”
di M.Michela NicolaisPope Francis opened the 74th General Assembly of the Italian bishops with an unscripted speech in which he referred to…
SYNODALITY —
Pope Francis: Synod of Bishops from October 2021 to October 2023, in the Vatican and in local churches
di M.Michela NicolaisAt the behest of Pope Francis, the next Synod of Bishops will be a three-year journey, with the people of…
PRAYER —
Pope at audience: “Being able to persevere in difficult times is true spiritual progress”
di M.Michela NicolaisPope Francis devoted today’s audience to the three main difficulties we encounter when we pray: distraction, time of bareness, sloth.…
PASTORAL GUIDELINES —
WYD: “To invest in young people is to invest in the future of the Church”
di M.Michela NicolaisThe Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life published the Pastoral Guidelines for the Celebration of WYD in the…
INTERVIEW —
Card. Dziwisz: “The assassination attempt on Pope Wojtyla for defending the cause of the oppressed”
di Anna T. KowalewskaForty years ago, on May 13, 1981, John Paul II was seriously wounded in St. Peter’s Square by Ali Agca.…
SAN DAMASO COURTYARD —
Pope at audience: “Seeing each one of you in person pleases me”
di M.Michela NicolaisPope Francis opened today’s audience, resumed in-person in the San Damaso Courtyard, by thanking all those present: “I am happy…
MESSAGE FOR THE WORLD DAY OF MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES —
Pope Francis: “The future of our societies is a colourful future”
di M.Michela Nicolais“Myopic and aggressive forms of nationalism” and “radical individualism”, especially in times of pandemic, fragment our “we”, writes Pope Francis…
PRAYER —
Pope Francis at audience: “Those who live in a large city risk losing the capacity to contemplate”
di M.Michela NicolaisFor a Christian, “there is no opposition between contemplation and action”, the Pope said in today’s general audience devoted to…
COVID-19 —
Vaccination of priests. Card. Stella (Congregation for the Clergy): “Facilitate vaccination for priests. They provide a socially useful service”
di Riccardo BenottiCardinal Stella, Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy: “Facilitate vaccination of priests, at least those ‘in care of souls’…
PRAYER —
Pope at audience: “We all need to meditate”
di M.Michela NicolaisPope Francis devoted today’s audience to the form of prayer called meditation, against stress and emptiness, a practice found in…
