The Vatican Radio, namely the 'Pope's Radio,' was launched on February 12, 1931. It is a day that marked the birth of a radio which beams to the entire world the divine message of love, mercy, harmony, and most of all peace among the peoples of the world, in line with the noble and divine message of the Holy Bible.
A few days ago, this painting stopped me at the monastery of the priests located at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in southwestern France. It represents the reality that occurred in one of the Marian apparitions. Bernadette, a 14-year-old girl, attracts people of all walks of life and backgrounds to go to Massabielle Grotto. Some of them come with passion of faith to the grotto and meditate the beauty that the little girl talks about. Others come out of ordinary, and careless curiosity.
Statistics have indicated that the contribution of the Catholic Church to healthcare services globally is about 25 per cent but in parts of Sub-Saharan African, this rises as high as 40-70 per cent especially in isolated rural areas. The contribution of Irish missionaries to the development and provision of these services throughout Africa is inestimable. It is common for people there to seek Catholic "mission hospitals" because of the reputation they have for the provision of holistic care to patients.
As has been the case every year, the Catholic Center for Studies and Media (CCSM) in Jordan has held, a symposium marking “this year’s season of harmony,” titled: “Harmony Among Religions, in the Service of Peace Among Countries.”
The United Nations has announced unanimously in an unprecedented way, and in response to the Royal desire of His Majesty King Abdullah II Ibn Al-Hussein the launching of the World Interfaith Harmony Week, which is marked every year on the first week of February.
The Nicaraguan authorities have recently undertaken incredible and intolerable measures against Christianity.
Qussous, who passed away last week and was buried in the village of Ader in Karak Governorate. As usual, requiem Masses are held for all the deceased, but Suha’s Mass was not ordinary, as the attendees were emotionally affected amid the tears welling their eye sand weeping. Then the voice of the priest in the church stated, “Brothers and sisters, please let us applaud this pious woman.” Perhaps it is one of the rare moments in which I called, or in which a priest calls for applause at the time of the requiem Mass.
Unemployment has all the times been a chronic problem globally, with reports issued on regular bases in various countries of the world indicating that its percentages are either dipping or rising.
The joy that Pope Paul vi’s pilgrimage brought to the life of the city of Jerusalem 60 years ago, and the energy of newness that it generated, are still part of the life of Christians in the Holy Land today. As always in fact, as for all things that have to do with Jerusalem, the profound meaning of those events and in particular of the encounter between the Holy Father and Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras, changed the face of the Church and outlined her journey up to today.
You shall love the Lord your God… and your neighbor as yourself." (Luke 10:27)
After observing a minute of silence and prayer in mourning for the martyrs, especially in Gaza, the celebrations of the Catholic Christian pilgrimage at the Baptism Site set off in the presence of His Beatitude Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem--who visited this site for the first time since his elevation as a cardinal by His Holiness Pope Francis in late September 2023--and the variou
