PRAYER —
Pope Francis at general audience: “Prayer cannot be done with calculators”
di M.Michela Nicolais“God is always waiting at the doorstep of our heart,” the Pope said in the second audience dedicated to prayer.…
PASTORAL ORIENTATIONS —
Migration. Holy See: “We can’t remain silent before camps for refugees and internally displaced persons”
di M.Michela NicolaisThere are 41.3 million internally displaced persons worldwide, yet “they are not included within the international system of protection provided…
BEATITUDES —
Pope at audience: “The martyrs of today are more numerous than the martyrs of the first centuries”
di M.Michela NicolaisToday Francis concluded the catechesis on the Beatitudes. “The martyrs of today are more numerous than the martyrs of the…
CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 —
Papa at audience: “We have sinned against the earth. The earth never forgives”
di M.Michela NicolaisThe Pope dedicated today’s audience to World Earth Day, marking also five years since the publication of Laudato sì, offering…
World Earth Day —
Pope Francis: audience, “we have sinned against the earth” and “the earth never forgives”. “If we have despoiled it, its response will be very ugly”
World Earth Day —
Pope Francis: audience, “we must grow in awareness of caring for our common home”
BEATITUDES —
Pope at audience: “peace must be sought always and in every case”
di M.Michela NicolaisThe Pope dedicated today’s audience to the seventh beatitude- “Blessed are the peacemakers, because they shall be called children of…
HOLY THURSDAY —
The Pope in Coena Domini Mass: I give thanks to all priests, “our saints next door”
di M.Michela NicolaisOn the first Holy Thursday without Chrism Mass and without the rite of foot-washing, the homily of the Mass “of…
Pope Francis: put “people first” during COVID-19 pandemic to prevent “viral genocide”
CORONAVIRUS —
Pope Francis’ extraordinary blessing in St. Peter’s Square: “Lord, may you bless the world. You will not leave us at the mercy of the storm”
di M.Michela NicolaisPraying alone to an empty, rain-soaked St. Peter’s Square, the Pope entrusts the world to the Holy Virgin, in times…
CORONAVIRUS —
The Pope’s General Audience: “We pray the Lord of life to stop the threat to human life”
di M.Michela NicolaisToday’s general audience, livestreamed from the Library of the Apostolic Palace, was dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Evangelium vitae.…
