On the 10th anniversary of "Laudato si" encyclical (Praise be to You)--subtitled "On our Common Home" and launched on May 24, 2016--it is quite timely to shed light on it, to explore its importance, and to look into the need to have it studied thoroughly in order to reform the ailing global environmental situation of our common home.
May 20, 2025 marked the 1,700th anniversary of the time when the Council of Nicaea convened which gave us the Nicene Creed.
People came from every nook and cranny in the world to attend the inauguration of His Holiness the new Pope, an event known in ecclesiastical language as the beginning of the Petrine Ministry of Pope Leo XIV.
Christianity is more than a religion. It is rather a divine message in human life whose last stop is proceeding to the Kingdom of God. It is a Divine message that rectifies human behaviors and transcends peoples into a life full of peace, satisfaction, mercy, love, and common living.
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost takes us back to the 5th century, when Leo, known as "the Great," was Pope of Rome and Pontiff of the Catholic Church, namely the 45th successor of Saint Peter. He was distinguished by his teachings and intelligence, as his teachings are recited on Christmas Eve to all believers in all churches worldwide.
Since his election as pope, His Holiness Pope Leo XIV has repeatedly called for spreading peace at the global level, while referring to conflict hotspots in the hope of of actions to be taken in order to ensure a safe and bright future for the new generations.
May 8, 2025 was a day of jubilation marking the election of a new pope, namely Pope Leo XIV, an event which unveils the global nature of the Catholic Church that walks hand-in-hand with the vulnerable and the needy in all parts of the world.
The Vatican and the Catholic Church conclude the nine-day of mourning marking the passing away of Pope Francis effective the funeral day until Sunday, May 4. Yet, the end of mourning does not mean the end of Pope Francis' legacy, as the Church starts to reflect on the legacy he left behind and the things he taught as teaching is the fundamental characteristic of a bishop in general, and of a pope in particular.
Going through historical events over the past years, one realizes that wars or rather waves of violence never came to an end, though they occasionally seem to intermittently cease. Yet, what is evident is that wars come to end only after initiating dialogue leading to peace deals.
With nonpareil gestures, the world bid farewell to His Holiness Pope Francis who lived on Earth for 89 years, 12 of which he spent as head the Catholic Church, as well as head of the Vatican and the Holy See.
