The death of loved ones leaves a scar in memory of people and sometimes it never heals. This scar remains painful with the passing away of dear ones particularly when a husband dies leaving behind a lonely wife or the other way round.
Whenever a war or a state of instability erupts in any part of the world, His Holiness Pope Francis emerges as the first leader in our modern time who propitiously steps in to help eliminate tensions, restore stability, and help bring about atmospheres conducive to the attainment of permanent peace.
His Beatitude Cardinal Louis Raphaël Sako, Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans, has written an article titled, "Emigration… a phenomenon of our time".
May is the Marian month. It is a month to honor Mary, the Mother of Savior of the world, Lord Jesus Christ. It is the month to remember that Blessed Mary is not only the mother of Lord Jesus, but rather the mother of the entire of humanity. She is the mother of all people who lost their mothers as well as tgose who seek solace and motherly love.
In this month, Christians worldwide seek the love and protection of Blessed Mary at a time when they suffer from persecution as well seek Her help to end wars and violence worldwide.
In his general audience address on Wednesday, April 27, His Holiness Pope Francis urged Catholics to rediscover the Holy Bible that offers “valuable teaching on the alliance of the generations.”
The date April 25, 2012 marks a remarkable date in the history of media. It is the day in which the Catholic Center for Studies and Media (CCSM) was launched marking the birth of a new voice that reverberates in the world while disseminating the message of love, mercy, and common living. It is a day in which the Latin Vicariate in Amman launched a center that preaches genuine affiliation to the homeland, to humanity, and to spreading the divine message of peace.
With the Ukrainian-Russian conflict entering its third month, the world looks with mouths agape in incredulity and shock at the colossal destruction that has been inflicted on Ukraine in terms of human losses, forced displacement, grave damage inflicted on the infrastructure coupled with complete or partial damage to main cities, and shoving the country into an abysmal failure with no glimmer of hope for a better future.
The celebration of The Feast of the Resurrection (Easter) over the last two years has taken place beneath the dark shadows of the COVID-19 pandemic.
At a time when the world almost restores its balance in the wake of the Corona pandemic, a serious conflict has erupted in Europe with a conflagration emerging between Russia and Ukraine that has a tenebrous effect on world economies. This effect covers all walks of life including food and energy leading to a bleak future in several countries in the world as well as to those who had earlier been striving to solve their chronic economic problems.
Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches Cardinal Leonardo Sandri has argued that the money to be collected on Good Friday 2022 is essential to helping devastated countries in the Holy Land.
He said, "In recent years, the situation in the countries, where the Holy Land collection will be sent, has been devastating. And I am not only referring to the pandemic."
