The beginnings of my voyage to Burkina Faso did not progress under the happiest of stars! While in the darkness of the evening, from the window of the aeroplane, I was already looking at the pale yellow lights of the

The fact that mercy gives us an outlook similar to that of Christ who, in his turn, embodied the way in which the Father looks at each man, depends on the fact that Jesus is contemplated first, with an intensity

CONGREGATION FOR THE INSTITUTES OF CONSECRATED LIFE AND SOCIETIES OF APOSTOLIC LIFE Vatican City, 20 January 2016  Year of Consecrated Life: great conclusive event More than 4000 consecrated men and women, belonging to various forms of Consecrated Life, are converging

Taken from the THIRD READING to Consecrated People: ‘CONTEMPLATE’ The style of Christ is learnt starting from listening. We are invited to be committed to a contemplative style in which the Word shines forth in how we live as men

THE SMALL HANDS OF AN ARTIST TO CONSTRUCT A HOLY DOOR THAT IS VERY SPECIAL: THE HOLY DOOR OF HOPE IN THE BABY JESUS CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL We all know that the Holy Door of St. Peter’s has a ‘twin sister’

The Camillian community of Vienna hosted the first meeting of the committee of the Camillian Task Force for the welcoming of refugees in Europe on 4-6 January. The decision to hold the meeting in Austria was made last October during

HUMANIZATION OF HEALTH AND ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE, A TASK OF THE CAMILLIAN CENTERS FOR MEDICINE AND PASTORAL HEALTH Venue: Centro de Humanizacion della Salud, Tres Cantos (Madrid) Date:   April 21-24, 2016 MADRID eXCHANGE It is a forum of all

The heart of the Camillian Order and the faithful of St. Camillus deLellis is the Church of St. Mary Magdalene with the adjacent Housethat has always been the seat of the General Curia of the Ministersof the Infirm, Camillians. Here

The Province of Italy: speaking about the Gospel today in the world of health and health care. Recommendations. The aim of the mission of the Church in the world of health and health care is evangelisation. By this word we

At the centre of the message of Jesus is the message of God as Abba – Father. I would like to remember the very beautiful parable of the Prodigal Son which should, instead, be called the parable of the merciful

If we open the Bible we already find in its first pages that God created everything good but that through sin chaos entered the world. In the first chapters of the Bible we do not yet find the word ‘mercy’.

‘And while they were there [in Bethlehem], the time came for her to be delivered. And she gave birth to her first-born son and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room