I will share from time to time, videos that speaks to my heart as I come across them ..Hope you and I can contemplate their meaning for us today ...
Friday, January 23, 2015
Thursday, January 22, 2015
World Meeting of Families: Video Contest for Catholic School Students
World Meeting of Families is launching a video contest for students. The goal is to answer one simple question: How do Catholic school communities of faith, knowledge and service, strengthen families?
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Friday, January 16, 2015
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Monday, January 12, 2015
Pope to Diplomatic Corps: Religious fundamentalism is a rejection of God
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He asked the international community to intervene in the Middle East. Pope Francis held the traditional meeting with ambassadors to the Vatican. The Pope's address had one main theme.
He asked the international community to intervene in the Middle East. Pope Francis held the traditional meeting with ambassadors to the Vatican. The Pope's address had one main theme.
Sunday, January 11, 2015
Exhibition in Rome displays for the first time documents of Galileo's pr...
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German Jesuit and mathematician Christopher Clavius introduced the Gregorian calendar
German Jesuit and mathematician Christopher Clavius introduced the Gregorian calendar
My pencil for God: a game that helps children to pray
My pencil for God: a game that helps children to pray
Friday, January 9, 2015
Pope's Mass: Your won't be free until you love
January 9, 2015.
During his daily morning Mass, Pope Francis talked about the importance of love in Christian life. He said that without love, there's no freedom.
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During his daily morning Mass, Pope Francis talked about the importance of love in Christian life. He said that without love, there's no freedom.
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Pope Francis convokes a conference in the Vatican on Haiti, five years after the earthquake
Pope Francis convokes a conference in the Vatican on Haiti, five years after the earthquake
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Pope Francis convokes a conference in the Vatican on Haiti, five years after the earthquake
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Pope Francis convokes a conference in the Vatican on Haiti, five years after the earthquake
Vatican City, 9 January 2014 (VIS) – “The communion of the Church: memory and hope for Haiti five years after the earthquake” is the title of the conference beginning this morning in the Vatican.
The event was organised by the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum” and the Pontifical Commission for Latin America in collaboration with the bishops of Haiti, and is a response to the Holy Father's wish to maintain close attention to a country that continues to suffer the consequences of the earthquake, and to reiterate the Church's closeness to the Haitian people during the reconstruction phase. It will above all offer the opportunity to present the balance of aid destined for the country and to analyse the results of the implementation of the projects carried out from 2010 to the present day.
In January 2010 the island of Haiti was afflicted by an earthquake, the epicentre of which was located near the capital, Port-au-Prince, causing the death of 230 thousand people and devastated the territory, destroying much of the infrastructure, thousands of homes, and all the hospitals on the island. According to Red Cross estimates, the disaster affected three million people.
The meeting is attended by representatives of the Holy See, the local Haitian church, and various episcopal conferences, workers from Catholic charitable organisations, religious congregations and various Holy See-accredited diplomatic representatives.
The conference will begin at 9 a.m. in the St. Pius X building with greetings from Cardinal Marc Ouellet, P.S.S., president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, and a report from Cardinal Robert Sarah who, as president of “Cor Unum” until the end of 2014, managed the Holy Father's donations to the local Church of the island.
During the morning session, there will be a debate on the material and spiritual reconstruction process and there will be interventions by Cardinal Chibly Langlois, bishop of Les Cayes and president of the Episcopal Conference of Haiti, Archbishop Thomas Gerald Wenski of Miami, U.S.A., Alberto Piatti, president of the AVSI (Association of Volunteers in International Service) Foundation, engaged in a charitable works on the island, and Eduardo Marques de Almeida, former representative of the Inter-American Development Bank in Haiti.
At 11.30 a.m. the delegates present will be received in audience by Pope Francis.
In the afternoon, there will be presentations by those who work in the context of reconstruction, to enable an exchange of experiences regarding the issue of international cooperation and the priorities and criteria for future action. At the end of the meeting, Msgr. Giampietro Dal Toso, secretary of “Cor Unum”, will give an overview of the problems that still remain to be resolved.
The conference will end with a Mass celebrated by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin in the church of Santa Maria in Traspontina, at 6.30 p.m
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Sunday, January 4, 2015
Pope Picks 15 New Cardinals To Reflect Diversity
Pope Picks 15 New Cardinals To Reflect Diversity
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By FRANCES D'EMILIO
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VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis named 15 new cardinals
Sunday, selecting them from 14 nations including far-flung corners of
the world such as Tonga, New Zealand, Cape Verde and Myanmar to reflect
the diversity of the church and its growth in places like Asia and
Africa compared to affluent regions.
Other cardinals hail from Ethiopia, Thailand and Vietnam.
None came from the United States and only three European nations received new cardinals — Portugal and Spain in addition to Italy. Cape Verde, Tonga and Myanmar gained cardinals for the first time.
Francis told faithful in St. Peter's Square that the new batch of cardinals "shows the inseparable tie with the church of Rome to churches in the world."
Five new cardinals come from Europe, three from Asia, three from Latin America, including Mexico, and two each come from Africa and Oceania.
With his picks, the Argentine-born Francis, the first pontiff from Latin America, made ever clearer that he is laying out a new vision of the church's identity, including of its hierarchy.
He looked beyond traditional metropolitan area for the "princes of the church" who will help advise him as goes forward with church reforms. Cardinals also elect his successor.
He has said repeatedly that the church must reach out to those on the margins.
The Vatican's chief spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, said the selection "confirms that the pope doesn't feel tied to the traditional 'cardinal sees,' which reflected historic reasons in various countries."
"Instead we have various nominations of archbishops or bishops of sees in the past that wouldn't have had a cardinal," Lombardi said.
The pontiff ignored another tradition: limiting to 120 the number of cardinals under 80 and eligible to vote for his successor.
Counting the new cardinals, 125 cardinals will eligible to vote, although Lombardi noted, "he kept very close to it (120), so it was substantially respected."
The two nations with the biggest number of eligible electors are Italy, with 26, and the United States with 11.
Notable among Pope Francis' picks are churchmen whose advocacy styles seem to particularly capture matters dear to his heart.
Monsignor Francesco Montenegro, a Sicilian, was at his side when Francis made his first trip a few months into his papacy. Montenegro welcomed the pontiff to Lampedusa, a tiny Sicilian island whose people have helped thousands of migrants stranded by smugglers.
The pontiff has repeatedly denounced human trafficking and urged more attention to people on the margins of society. He also has thundered against Mafiosi, and Montenegro's Agrigento diocese includes towns where people have dared to rebel against Cosa Nostra.
The only native English-language speaker chosen by Francis is Archbishop John Atcherley Dew of Wellington, New Zealand. Summing up his own intervention at last year's Vatican conference on controversial family issues, including gay marriage and divorced Catholics, Dew has said the church must change its language to give "hope and encouragement."
The archdiocese of Morelia, Mexico, has its first cardinal: Alberto Suarez Inda. The archbishop, who turns 76 this month, has helped mediate political conflicts and kidnappings in one of Mexico's most violence-plagued states.
Francis also bestowed the honor on five churchmen older than 80, including men from the pope's native Argentina, Mozambique and Colombia.
Speaking from a Vatican window to a crowd in St. Peter's Square, Francis made another surprise announcement. He said that on Feb. 12-13, he will lead of meeting of all cardinals to "reflect on the orientations and proposals for the reform of the Roman Curia," the Vatican's administrative bureaucracy.
Francis is using his papacy, which began in March 2013, to root out corruption, inefficiency, careerism and other problems in the curia.
An Italian group, Noi Siamo Chiesa, which advocates reforms for the church, hailed the choice of the two Italian bishops. Group spokesman Vittorio Bellavite said Francis had gone "outside the traditional logic" of the hierarchy.
Francis said he will "have the joy" on Feb. 14 of presiding over the ceremony in which the 20 churchmen will receive their red hats.
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Maria Verza contributed to this report from Mexico City
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None came from the United States and only three European nations received new cardinals — Portugal and Spain in addition to Italy. Cape Verde, Tonga and Myanmar gained cardinals for the first time.
Francis told faithful in St. Peter's Square that the new batch of cardinals "shows the inseparable tie with the church of Rome to churches in the world."
Five new cardinals come from Europe, three from Asia, three from Latin America, including Mexico, and two each come from Africa and Oceania.
With his picks, the Argentine-born Francis, the first pontiff from Latin America, made ever clearer that he is laying out a new vision of the church's identity, including of its hierarchy.
He looked beyond traditional metropolitan area for the "princes of the church" who will help advise him as goes forward with church reforms. Cardinals also elect his successor.
He has said repeatedly that the church must reach out to those on the margins.
The Vatican's chief spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, said the selection "confirms that the pope doesn't feel tied to the traditional 'cardinal sees,' which reflected historic reasons in various countries."
"Instead we have various nominations of archbishops or bishops of sees in the past that wouldn't have had a cardinal," Lombardi said.
The pontiff ignored another tradition: limiting to 120 the number of cardinals under 80 and eligible to vote for his successor.
Counting the new cardinals, 125 cardinals will eligible to vote, although Lombardi noted, "he kept very close to it (120), so it was substantially respected."
The two nations with the biggest number of eligible electors are Italy, with 26, and the United States with 11.
Notable among Pope Francis' picks are churchmen whose advocacy styles seem to particularly capture matters dear to his heart.
Monsignor Francesco Montenegro, a Sicilian, was at his side when Francis made his first trip a few months into his papacy. Montenegro welcomed the pontiff to Lampedusa, a tiny Sicilian island whose people have helped thousands of migrants stranded by smugglers.
The pontiff has repeatedly denounced human trafficking and urged more attention to people on the margins of society. He also has thundered against Mafiosi, and Montenegro's Agrigento diocese includes towns where people have dared to rebel against Cosa Nostra.
The only native English-language speaker chosen by Francis is Archbishop John Atcherley Dew of Wellington, New Zealand. Summing up his own intervention at last year's Vatican conference on controversial family issues, including gay marriage and divorced Catholics, Dew has said the church must change its language to give "hope and encouragement."
The archdiocese of Morelia, Mexico, has its first cardinal: Alberto Suarez Inda. The archbishop, who turns 76 this month, has helped mediate political conflicts and kidnappings in one of Mexico's most violence-plagued states.
Francis also bestowed the honor on five churchmen older than 80, including men from the pope's native Argentina, Mozambique and Colombia.
Speaking from a Vatican window to a crowd in St. Peter's Square, Francis made another surprise announcement. He said that on Feb. 12-13, he will lead of meeting of all cardinals to "reflect on the orientations and proposals for the reform of the Roman Curia," the Vatican's administrative bureaucracy.
Francis is using his papacy, which began in March 2013, to root out corruption, inefficiency, careerism and other problems in the curia.
An Italian group, Noi Siamo Chiesa, which advocates reforms for the church, hailed the choice of the two Italian bishops. Group spokesman Vittorio Bellavite said Francis had gone "outside the traditional logic" of the hierarchy.
Francis said he will "have the joy" on Feb. 14 of presiding over the ceremony in which the 20 churchmen will receive their red hats.
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Maria Verza contributed to this report from Mexico City
Thursday, January 1, 2015
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