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."
Fr. Liam Ryan wasn't afraid to rescue a surfer from the killer shark! He was a daring priest inspired by the divine teachings of Lord Jesus Christ that one must propitiously act to help others whenever it is possible so as to emulate the grand Biblical message of love.
His Beatitude Cardinal Louis Raphaël Sako, patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans, has decried the prevailing situation of the Christian Iraqis.
March 17th is St. Patrick's Day and Irelands National Day. It is a day of huge importance to all those people of Irish descent and affinity around the world.
The Holy Bible is a book of treasures. It is a book, with its Old and New Testaments, that tells the history of life since the wee hours of life on Earth. It gives directives on how to live a life free from mundane lusts, pain, towards the shores of safety.
The Holy Bible tells the story of the Incarnated Word of God Who was born in Bethlehem to send a message of peace, love, happiness, and a life that leads humanity to eternity in the Kingdom of God.
A photo has recently gone viral across social media platforms of an unidentified man in Ukraine hugging a life-size Cross, then praying at the foot of the Cross at a time when the Russian-Ukrainian conflict erupted.
The devil encourages Jesus to turn stones into bread. After such a long fast, the thought of bread is surely a strong temptation. In effect, the devil tells Jesus to “scratch where it itches,” to indulge his desire, to give in to what his body craves.
