ASH WEDNESDAY —
Pope Francis: “In life’s most painful wounds, God awaits us”
di M.Michela NicolaisPope Francis celebrates Mass on Ash Wednesday reminding the faithful that Lent is a journey of return to God. “Where…
ASH WEDNESDAY —
PRAYER —
Pope at audience: “To go ahead without that bitter, negative taste”
di M.Michela NicolaisPope Francis devoted today’s general audience to prayer in daily life. In the closing greetings, an invitation to the Italian…
DIPLOMATIC CORPS —
Pope Francis: “Along with vaccines, our world needs fraternity”
di M.Michela NicolaisPope Francis delivered his address to members of the Diplomatic corps in the more spacious Hall of Blessings, for the…
DAY OF HUMAN FRATERNITY —
Abu Dhabi document. Card. Ayuso (Holy See): “The art of dialogue is indispensable”
di M. Chiara BiagioniThe United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 4 February as the International Day of Human Fraternity on 21 December last in…
PRAYER —
Pope at audience: “A Christianity without a liturgy is a Christianity without Christ”
di M.Michela NicolaisPope Francis devoted today’s general audience to praying in the liturgy: “event, happening, presence, encounter with Christ.” Praying with the…
DAY OF REMEMBRANCE —
Pope at audience: “Remembrance means being careful because these things can happen again”
di M.Michela NicolaisPope Francis concluded today’s general audience, dedicated to the prayer with the Sacred Scripture, with an appeal to remember the…
SUNDAY OF THE WORD OF GOD —
Pope Francis: “It is the antidote to our fear of having to face life alone”
di M.Michela Nicolais“Those who experience God’s closeness cannot ignore their neighbours or treat them with indifference” writes the Pope in the homily…
ECUMENISM —
Pope at audience: “May unity prevail over conflicts”
di M.Michela Nicolais“During this time of serious hardship, this prayer is even more necessary so that unity might prevail over conflicts”, the…
CATECHESIS —
Pope Francis: audience, “giving praise is like breathing pure oxygen”, we must do it “above all in moments of darkness”
CATECHESIS —
Pope Francis: audience, “in the future of the world and in the hopes of the Church there are the little ones”
MOTU PROPRIO —
Spiritus Domini. De Nicola (sociologist): “A fair blow to the glass ceiling”
di M.Michela Nicolais“In the new Motu Proprio, Francis restores women’s role in the service at the altar. No one can be excluded…
TO THE ROMAN CURIA —
Pope Francis: “it would be good for us to stop living in conflict and feel once more that we are journeying together”
di M.Michela NicolaisThe Pope ended his traditional Christmas Greetings to the Roman Curia with an invitation to stop “living in conflict” and…
