At the dawn of the Great Sunday, the angels do not roll away the stone from the door of the tomb merely to proclaim life, but also to announce the end of the long Sabbath of Sorrows.
Jordan’s qualification for the FIFA World Cup represents far more than a sporting achievement. It marks a national moment of transition in which sport becomes a strategic gateway to economic visibility, cultural storytelling, and global positioning.
The contemplative reader of the Holy Gospel notices how the Lord Jesus Christ dealt with women with love, respect, and dignity, restoring to them their human and spiritual honor, and making them witnesses of faith and messengers of hope.
On the Feast of Corpus Christi, the small community of the Holy Family performed the Eucharistic blessing towards the four cardinal points from the church square. The parish priest said: “From here we also blessed the towns that no longer exist: Rafah, Deir El Balah, Jabalia, Beit Lahia and the whole world.
The papal visit by His Holiness Pope Leo XIV to Spain has received extensive media coverage. Though it is not the first visit by a pontiff to this country, yet it is the first paid by this Pope, who used it to shed light on the pioneering role of youth in the Church, and on the responsible use of modern media particularly artificial intelligence technologies.
Ever since humanity began to contemplate its own existence, one profound question has echoed through the depths of the human heart across generations: Who is God? How has He revealed Himself to humanity?
The seven-day Journey that Pope Leo XIV is preparing to undertake in Spain, which will take him to the capital Madrid, then Barcelona, and finally, the Canary Islands, is a pilgrimage into the heart of Europe.
How beautiful it is for children to wake up to a greeting message from their father.
Many times, during the Divine Liturgy and liturgical prayers, I have found myself pausing before short phrases that we constantly repeat—phrases we may have become so accustomed to hearing that they pass by without reflection on their depth. Yet a question kept echoing within me: Why did the Church choose precisely these words to live for thousands of years within her prayers?
