Be patient with these 40 days and allow the emptying process takes place.

The goal of Lent is to go into the desert, to allow ourselves to experience emptiness. We can’t hear God if we’re not listening. We won’t recognize our need for God unless we allow ourselves to become aware of our own lacking. In a culture that almost demands we be sated, stimulated and entertained 24/7, opting not to instantly gratify anything becomes an almost radical act of the will. It’s also an opportunity to really recognize, all we can offer, is our will to God.

Be patient with these 40 days and allow the emptying process takes place.

The goal of Lent is to go into the desert, to allow ourselves to experience emptiness. We can’t hear God if we’re not listening. We won’t recognize our need for God unless we allow ourselves to become aware of our own lacking. In a culture that almost demands we be sated, stimulated and entertained 24/7, opting not to instantly gratify anything becomes an almost radical act of the will. It’s also an opportunity to really recognize, all we can offer, is our will to God.

The Holy See sends a contribution to the initiatives of Jinde Charities, the network of charitable works connected to the Catholic Church in China. A sign that the communion between Chinese Catholics, the bishop of Rome and the universal Church is already being lived at its most concrete and gratuitous level of shared charity.

Two years ago, Pope Francis and the Patriarch of Moscow Kirill met in the Cuban capital. At this time the common commitment to the Christian communities in the Middle East was strengthened. In Havana, both leaders used the word "genocide" to define the persecution of Christians. The optimism of Metropolitan Hilarion.

“A Church on the Move” by Joe Parrocki underlines 52 ways to get mission and mercy in motion for building better relationships in and with the Church in the 21st century. The parish of today seeks hope for change in the world. The parish of today is still changing; the parish of yesteryears is gone forever. No longer will a pastor, like the one of my childhood, guide a parish for twenty or thirty years.

On April 29, the nations of England, Scotland and Wales will be joined in prayer around the British coast
K.V. Turley

It started with Poland and then spread to Ireland. Now the idea of ringing the national boundaries with prayer, in particular the Rosary, is coming to the British Isles.

On Sunday, April 29, 2018 at 3 p.m., the nations of England, Scotland and Wales will be joined in prayer around the British coast.

The intention is to pray for faith, life and peace within the United Kingdom.

On the threshold of Lent, I light my candle, and address You, O Lord Jesus Christ,

I ask You to give me a helping hand at this time, when disavowal of love and complacency has climaxed,

O Lord Jesus, come and brighten our hearts with the light of Your love so that you can get close to You and to other people,

O Lord, Your love has overwhelmed the sky, and Your clemency has been revealed through the clouds.

Fifth anniversary of the renunciation: former Secretary Xuereb recounts those “strong moments” to Vatican news: that phone call from the new Pope with the cordless phone after dinner.

The interview talks given by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican Secretary of State, on “why” and “how” the Holy See is carrying out dialogue with the Chinese Government, show the Holy See is truly moving along on the path of the genuine Tradition of the Church. It suggests we need to follow in the footsteps of St. Augustine of Hippo by standing up against the risk of being again infected and weakened by the Novatian and Donatist ideology, always threatening the life of the Church.

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The Vatican Congregation, on Tuesday February 5, recognized the healing of an unborn child. Francis’ final decision and announcement of canonization day is the last step, probably in October.

Paul VI will be canonized soon. The meeting of the bishops and cardinals of the Congregation of Saints unanimously approved the recognition of a miracle attributed to the intercession of Giovanni Battista Montini. Now what is missing is Francis’ approval and the announcement of the date for the canonization of the Pontiff from Brescia who died in Castel Gandolfo forty years ago.