#Anniversaries

Rosario Livatino. Elena Valdetara Canale miraculously healed by his intercession: “A sign of God’s love but eternal life is the greatest miracle.”

The first-hand account by the woman bestowed with one of two alleged miracles attributed to the intercession of the young…

UK: Card. Nichols (primate) remembering Pope Benedict XVI’s visit. “He changed the perception of the Catholic Church in the country”

Pope Francis: “Examination of conscience” on migrants and on Libya’s hell

On the seventh anniversary of the visit to the Italian island of Lampedusa, Pope Francis called for an “examination of…

John Paul II: mgr. Gadecki (Polish Bishops) thanks Pope Francis for commemorating Karol Wojtyla

John Paul II. Msgr. Oder (postulator): “No concealment of abuse, he initiated the post-Council journey”

The priest who followed his canonization process remembers the Polish Pope one hundred years after his birth as “a shepherd…

John Paul II. Father Lombardi: “A mentor of the peoples, a shepherd of humanity”

Father Federico Lombardi’s recollection of John Paul II, of whom he followed the entire pontificate, first as a young editor…

John Paul II: Benedict XVI to the Polish bishops for the 100th anniversary of Wojtyla’s birth, “he aroused renewed admiration for Christ and His Church”

1960-2020: sixty years since independence, a continent at the crossroads. Carbone (ISPI): “This year marks an inevitable turning point”

1960 was renamed the “Year of Africa”: in twelve months 17 countries in sub-Saharan Africa gained independence, marking a point…

Poland: Bishops’ Conference, respect for rules, but “pain” for Masses without community. Message for John Paul II’s centenary

Notre Dame fire. Msgr. Aupetit (Paris): “May it remain true to what it is, or it will lose its soul”

Today is the first anniversary of the massive blaze that destroyed Notre-Dame. In a video message to the nation, French…

Poland: Archdiocese of Krakow, family prayer tomorrow to mark 15thanniversary of John Paul II’s death