Oil, water and virgin lands: South Sudan’s “cursed” treasure

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 07/12/2017 - 22:31

Comboni Father Daniele Moschetti explains the reasons of the conflict. “The embargo on the sale of weapons is not enforced, it suits nobody.” The war and the humanitarian tragedy in the country where Pope Francis would like to visit. The role of al Qaida and of global superpowers.

Why sometimes we have trouble seeing Jesus in our lives?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 07/10/2017 - 01:47

Sometimes we have trouble seeing Jesus in our lives. Maybe we are stressed out in a way that doesn’t match the peace he promised. Maybe we feel stretched thinner than the “abundant life” he promised. Maybe we feel we have sought but not found; that we have knocked, but the door has not been opened.

Today Jesus tells us why.

“I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned, you have revealed them to little ones,” he says.

Homily for the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 9, 2017, Year A

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 07/09/2017 - 13:28

When you hear the expression “sins of the flesh,” what kind of sins do you think of?

That’s what I thought.

Do you suppose that was all St. Paul had on his mind when he wrote to the Romans, “We are not debtors to the flesh, to live according to the flesh”? Remember what he wrote to the Galatians about what he calls the “works” of the flesh. The list is impressive, fifteen sins. Yes, it includes impurity and licentiousness, but also idolatry, rivalry, factions, outbursts of fury, and selfishness, to name only half of them.

Attending church is good for your health. Now what?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 07/07/2017 - 23:04

The latest in a long line of studies, now numbering in the hundreds, if not thousands, shows that church attendance is good for your health.

Published in May by researchers from Vanderbilt University, the study found that middle-aged adults who attended religious services at least once in the past year were half as likely to die prematurely as those who didn’t.

Vatican’s impossible attempt to give citizenship to little Charlie

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 07/07/2017 - 16:04

In the Holy See they are trying whatever they can to help little Charlie. The deployment of Papal diplomatic forces is at maximum levels. The possibility of giving the 10-month-old severely ill English child, a Vatican citizenship, has also been studied but it would not solve the legal question.

Charlie Gard: The Vatican Children Hospital in contact with British family

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 07/06/2017 - 02:31

"Our approach has taken cue from the words of the Pope, who hopes the parents will be allowed to accompany and treat their child until the end." With this statement Mariella Enoc, president of Vatican’s Baby Jesus hospital, explained how the Holy See's health structure has stepped in recent days case of Charlie Gard, the infant who suffers from mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome, a rare and fatal illness. Decisive was to establish a direct relationship with Charlie's mother who called on the phone Mrs.