August 27, 2003 is a remarkable day to remember. It is the day in which the website abouna.org was born.
Today, August 27, 2020 marks its 17th anniversary.

This site is the brainchild of Fr. Dr. Rif'at Bader. Thank you very much Fr. Bader for being so thoughtful and perspicacious that you launched this website with an idea in mind to serve as a mouthpiece for the Catholic Church in Jordan with the aim of spreading the message of love, peace, harmony, respect for religions and most of all "common living" based on citizens' rights and equality.

On February 2, 1995 in the port city of Civitavecchia, lying under the shadow of the Vatican, a new chapter of the critical and deeply prophetic “Marian era” began to be written by the Blessed Virgin Mary. It would become famous throughout the world, and place the family of Fabio Gregori at the centre of a divine intervention with far reaching consequences for the Church and the world.

In the wake of the massive explosion that rocked Beirut on August 4, 2020, there have several initiatives from within Lebanon and from various parts of the world designed to extend a helping hand and heal the wounds resulting from the explosion that left dozens killed or wounded thousands of people with others becoming homeless.

A new film titled “Fatima”, to be screened on August 28, highlights the enduring message of Our Lady, Blessed Mary.

The Fatima is an impressive film that tells the story of a “Blessed Mother” who came from Heaven to give a helping hand to a deviating world and to tell her children exactly why they need to resort to Lord Jesus in order to restore global peace and love.

In fact, the Catholic identity of our schools and colleges is in far greater danger than it was before the summer began. There is much that Catholic educators can do to improve their prospects for the future, but it will require strong faith and fortitude.

No matter how people make successes and achievements in mundane life, they still miss an important part of their lives, namely the spiritual aspect.

No matter how powerful and influential people become, they are still impotent as they still seek a divine power that guides them in their lives.

When people become sick, they feel hopeless. They restore their hope when they get close to a superpower, namely a divine power that can extricate them from their suffering.

The Franciscan schools in the Holy Land date back to the 16th century, while the Holy Land School in Bethlehem is considered the oldest in the entire Middle East, having been founded in 1598.

These schools, which seek to provide qualitative education to people of different social and economic backgrounds, have had graduates who proved to be excelling in every walk of life.

CATHOLIC SCHOOLS SERVE AS A MAJOR SOURCE OF ENLIGHTENMENT

Press reports have indicated that Nigeria is becoming the “biggest killing ground of Christians in the world” due to attacks by extremist militants.

The International Christian Concern (ICC) estimates that between 50,000 and 70,000 Christians have been killed in the last decade in the West African nation.

POPE IMPLORES "MOTHER OF HOPE'S" INTERCESSION FOR NIGERIA'S PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS

August 22 is the Feast of the Queenship of Blesses Mary, the Mother of the Church and the Mother of the Universe.
This feast is intended to let everyone venerate Her devoutly being the merciful mother of Her Son, Lord Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world.

On the 11th of October 1954, Pope Pius XII established the Feast of the Queenship of Mary to be celebrated throughout the world, and commanded that on that day each year, the world should renew its consecration to Her. In the future the Feast came to be celebrated on August 22.

How often have I heard a sermon preached on these words of Jesus found in Matthew 16:18-20 : "And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church,*and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it" turn from an exegesis on the text to a gentle polemic on the importance of the Papacy as an office continuing the ministry of Peter.