Today, Tuesday 7 April, witnessed the beginning of the course of formation for workers engaged in psycho-social support for the victims of Ebola (CBPSF). This programme, which starts with wider planning within the diocese of Makeni sponsored by the Italian

At the heart of the Gospel there is this long suffering, a God who dies for love. Something that I do not manage to understand and yet which calls me, disarms me and wounds me. And I, each time, am

In copertina: Niccolò dell’Arca, Compianto sul Cristo morto, gruppo di statue in terracotta, Bologna, Santa Maria della Vita, inizio anni Sessanta del XV secolo. E. Mounier, Lettere sul dolore. Uno sguardo sul mistero della sofferenza, Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, Milano, 2001

 EUGENE BURNAND – Moudon (Switzerland) 1850-1921 ‘The Disciples Peter and John hurry to the tomb (Jn 20:1-9) 1898 – Paris, Musée d’Orsay Two men dressed in an old fashioned way are running in the light towards a golden dawn while

The Art of Living and the Art of Dying in St. Camillus de Lellis   However for some decades now they have been spoken about and written about a great deal, and perhaps this is due to a natural swinging

Today, 25 March, is the anniversary of the birth of Brother Ettore Boschini, who was born in the hamlet of Belvedere in the commune of Roverbella (Mantua) in 1928. Below is a passage taken from the book by Luciano Moia,

In his message to the sick people of Naples, Pope Francis praises the example of St. Giuseppe Moscati Those people who most experience a condition of frailty are ‘the first recipients of the Good News of the Kingdom of God’.

In recent days, at the Holy Spirit Hospital of Mekeni, the campaign for blood surveillance for Ebola survivors ahs been launched, as well as the investigation of the potential spread of the virus amongst contacts (those who have been near

The Holy See through the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace has organized an Ebola Committee whose main work is to evaluate project proposals coming from the Catholic-inspired networks and organizations working in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. The committee

MISERANDO ATQUE ELIGENDO Pope Francis, faithful not only to his episcopal motto but also to his spirit of evangelical faith, has announced the calling of an Extraordinary Jubilee for the whole of the Church: the Holy Year of Mercy The

Paper given by Giovanni Terenghi to the members of the Lay Camillian Family at S. Giuliano (Verona) on 2 April 2000. The fourth paper of the 1999/2000 programme: ‘The Spiritual Experience of Camillus de Lellis’ The Crucifix and Mercy Following

NEWSLETTER 11  PDF BEING ABANDONED IS THE GRAVEST ‘ILLNESS’ OF THE ELDERLY, AND ALSO THE GREATEST INJUSTICE THAT THEY CAN EXPERIENCE SOME THOUGHTS OF POPE FRANCIS TAKEN FROM HIS SPEECH TO THE PONTIFICAL ACADEMY FOR LIFE (Rome, 5 March 2015)