In a world shifting on the edge of instability, violence, wars, starvation, and diseases, it is important to resort to logic, grasp the irreversible disasters caused by wars, the lust for power, and listen to what perspicuous persons say while viewing the ailments of the world.
Upon reading the Holy Bible, one realizes that this divine book conveys a message of love, peace, harmony, and forgiveness. Yet delving further into this holy book, one realizes that it extends a unique and nonpareil message which provides healing and innate peace to all those who walk in the steps of Lord Jesus Christ.
Fr. Jacques Hamel who has all the years preached the message of love and peace was martyred by being stabbed by evil hands demonstrating Satanic intentions that target pious people.
July 26, 2022 marks the 6th anniversary of the martyrdom of Fr. Jacques Hamel who was brutally slain while celebrating Holy Mass and pointing his testimony for Lord Jesus when two armed men stormed the church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray in Normandy. In the attack Fr. Hamel’s throat was slit and the attackers were identified as extremists.
A heinous terrorist crime took place on Sunday, July 24, while peaceful people were celebrating the inauguration of the Hagia Sophia Church--about 30 miles northwest of Hama, Syria--which was built as a replica of Instanbul’s Hagia Sophia.
At least one civilian was killed and 12 others were injured and material damage was caused as a result of the attack.
Over the past few months, extremists escalated their attacks on priests in Nigeria with gunmen kidnapping them and later killing them, thus creating an atmosphere of fear and confusion among the believers.
On Sunday, 19 June 2022, gunmen attacked two churches in rural northwestern Nigeria and killed three people, weeks after a similar attack in the West African nation that left 40 worshippers dead.
In our world catastrophes continue to rain down on people indiscriminately. Yet, good people who have strong faith suffer as well from time to time from hardships that negatively affect every walk of their lives. Thus, so long that God is good and loving, why does He allow evil and suffering to exist?
With the outbreak of the Ukrainian-Russian conflict, discussions gradually shifted from reviewing the ramifications of this conflagration towards a new hot issue that affects billions of people worldwide, namely food insufficiency.
Custos of the Holy Land Fr. Francesco Patton issued a message on June 23, 2022 inviting pilgrims to visit the Holy Land.
Caritas is a manifestation of Lord Jesus' message as He says in the Holy Bible: “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another."(John13:34-35)
With the ongoing state of turmoil and conflagration between Russia and Ukraine, the Ukrainian refugees keep saying, ‘Wherever you go, look for Caritas.’
The observance of Corpus Christi (formally “The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ”) celebrates the gift of the Eucharist to the church. The thanksgiving we offer is for Christ himself and his real presence in the consecrated bread and wine, the Body and Blood of Christ.
