Author: danielafsp

Paolo Ruffini: New Prefect of the Dicastery for Communication

Paolo Ruffini is the new Prefect of the Dicastery for Communication. Pope Francis appointed him to the position after the resignation of Monsignor Dario Edoardo Viganò as head of what was formerly known as the Vatican Secretariat for Communication. Ruffini, the first lay person to direct a Vatican Dicastery, was up until now director of… Read more »

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The Pauline Family Manifests Its Faith

The entire Pauline Family present in Buenos Aires participated in the great manifestation of faith held to celebrate the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ. The long Corpus Christi procession that wound through the city streets ended in front of the Plaza de Mayo Cathedral, where Cardinal Mario Aurelio Poli, Archbishop of Buenos… Read more »

Music Festival 2018

From 21-24 June, amateurs and professionals, bands, groups, DJs and choirs all took part in Rome’s 2018 Music Festival, held in many different parts of the city to celebrate the summer solstice. The event was promoted by the city of Rome’s Cultural Growth Department in partnership with the Zètema Cultural Project. The program included a… Read more »

June 2018

Dozolina – Felicidade ZIGLIO,  Italia – Angela ZIGLIO, Corona Onorabile – Catarina BOFF

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Youth Synod: Instrumentum Laboris

Recognize, Interpret, Choose: the Instrumentum Laboris of the Synod of Bishops on Young People centers on these three verbs. The document is divided into three parts: the first analyzes the condition of contemporary youth; the second offers reading keys for carrying out a discernment on important questions, and the third offers orientations “to help the… Read more »

Best Strategy in Social Action Prize Awarded to the Holy See

The migration phenomenon and the tragedy of thousands of migrants and refugees forced to flee from wars, hunger, persecution and environmental disasters caused by climate change, are depicted in a video presented at the twelfth edition of Madrid’s Publifestival, an International Social Advertising Festival that promotes positive change in society through social advertising. Available in… Read more »

Sending Words of Peace and Hope into Space

On 15 June, at the conclusion of a memorial service for Stephen Hawking held in Westminster Abbey, England, a message of peace and hope written by the great British theoretical physicist was released into space. Hawking died in March 2018 at the age of 76, after a long disabling illness (Lou Gehrig’s disease) that was… Read more »

Imitating Jesus

Tolerating evil does not have to do simply with patience and resignation; it means imitating Jesus, carrying our burden, shouldering it for his sake and that of others. It means accepting the cross, pressing on in the confident knowledge that we are not alone: the crucified and risen Lord is at our side. So, with… Read more »