O Lord, take and receive...

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 10/18/2015 - 15:55

Jean and Damiana are two Rosary Sisters. They do kneel in reverence at the festival of the “Lady of the Rosary” and pray together. Despite the difference in their ages and experience, one of them raises her hands in prayer, while the other shuts her eyes and closes her hands seeking blessings.

Jerusalem situation update/ October 15, 2015

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 10/16/2015 - 18:30

Is this an Intifada?

I returned home on October 3, 2015 after a one week visit to New York to attend our annual meetings at Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA), only to find a Jerusalem that was completely different from the one I left a week earlier.
Upon returning, it took me close to two hours to arrive to my home in the Old City of Jerusalem, though it was a Saturday and traffic is usually very light. I found out later that the deadly stabbing of two Jewish people inside Damascus Gate coincided with my landing at the airport.

Synod goes right to the heart of the remarried divorcee question

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 10/16/2015 - 01:41

Opinion is split, with some believing that doctrine cannot be changed as it would confuse faithful and others emphasising that the Church is supposed to accompany everyone. One of the Synod Fathers tells the story of a little boy who broke the host in two and gave half to his father, a remarried divorcee

Synod: Pope hopes for rediscovery of a Church that ‘can unite compassion with justice’

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 10/04/2015 - 16:50

Pope Francis presided at a vigil of prayer for the synod of the family, on Saturday October 3, attended by tens of thousands of Romans and pilgrims from many continents, many of them holding lighted candles

Pope Francis presided at a vigil of prayer for the synod of the family, on Saturday evening, October 3, attended by tens of thousands of Romans and pilgrims from many continents, many of them holding lighted candles.

Pope in America: Sowing the seeds of goodness

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 10/02/2015 - 16:57

Moments before the arrival of Pope Francis to the United States, there was a plebiscite on the Facebook page of abouna.org. The question was: "What do you expect the Pope to say? What do you want him to say?'' There were variant responses. For those living in safe and stable homelands, they requested further justice, freedoms and continued stability in their countries. While the displaced and the refugees asked the Pope to make great efforts to achieve unconditional end to the daily bloodshed and destruction in their countries.