Christmas is you, when you decide to be born again every day and allow God to enter your soul. You are the Christmas tree when you resist the winds and the difficulties of life in a vigorous way. You are

Dearest friends, I would not do my duty as a bishop if I said to you ‘Happy Christmas’ without disturbing you. I, instead, want to trouble you. Indeed, I cannot bear the idea of having to give you innocuous and

Jean Monbourquette wrote in his book on the art of forgiving: ‘For more than three years I was involved in an attempt to heal a wound to my affections. I thought that I had found a miraculous solution to all

The Holy Year of Mercy is a strong spiritual invitation to rediscover the practice of corporeal and spiritual works of mercy. St. Camillus de Lellis invested the best of his history in helping sick people in line with the gospel

MAKENI – After 14 months of special mission in the Diocese of Makeni, the CTF team has departed Sierra Leone. It was a mission accomplished. Since September 2014, when Ebola cases showed an exponential growth of an average of 10

NEWSLETTER N. 19 PDF DECEMBER 2015 Miserando atque Eligendo He looked with mercy and chose him Pope Francis, faithful not only to his episcopal coat of arms but also to his spirit of evangelical faith, has opened the Extraordinary Jubilee

In his apostolic letter addressed to all consecrated people on the occasion of the Year of Consecrated Life (28 November 2014, Pope Francis invited us to address our history and our memory and to cultivate a deep sense of gratitude.

Was inspired by the encyclical ‘Dives in Misericordia’ of 1980, Pope John Paul II, when twenty years later – 30 April 2000 – explained the sense of mercy, canonizing Sister Faustina Kowalska: “Through the heart of the crucified Christ’s mercy

In the rich heritage of artistic works kept in the house and the Church of Mary Magdalene, the wooden statue portraying the Immaculate Mary occupies a position of primary importance. This valuable image, which was probably produced during the second

As takes place every year, on 8 December, the day of the Immaculate Conception, Camillians throughout the world will renew their religious vows with a special celebration. In the Church of St. Mary Magdalene in Rome, this year as well,

To speak with the pastoral agents of health is to speak with the missionary disciples of Jesus Christ and his Church, of his mission of healing and salvation. In the Church, healing community, everyone is a pastoral agent. The Bishops

By Arturo Carapella Five years after his last work ‘Più cuore nelle mani’ (‘More Heart in those Hands’), and with the imminent opening of the jubilee year, Father Sergio is preparing the release of a new record and has preceded