On Sunday, 10 October 2021, Pope Francis officially opened the Synod on Synodality with the celebration of the Eucharist in St. Peter’s Basilica. Next Sunday, 17 October, each bishop will officially open the Synod in his own diocese. Thus an ecclesial journey has begun that will lead to the celebration of the Synod of Bishops…
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A year after the publication of the encyclical Fratelli Tutti, the Vatican hosted a day-long meeting entitled Faith and Science: Towards COP26. Various religious leaders and scientists participated in the event. At the center of it all was a Joint Appeal addressed to the participants in the annual UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), which will…
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Nomads in Faith is the title of the 24th edition of the Religion Today Film Festival, which was held in Trent, Italy, from 22-29 September 2021. In an attempt to bring hope to people after the past two difficult years of the pandemic, this edition of the Festival explored the theme of searching for God…
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Margaret – Mary Mark WICKENHISER / Giustina – Maria Eliana SCHIRRU / Natalia – Maria Leticia FERRARETO / Omaira DIAZ / Renata Maria AMANDOLESI
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The theme Pope Francis has chosen for the 56th Day of World Communications is Listen! In a statement released by the Vatican announcing the theme, the Holy Father asks the world of communications to learn to listen again: “The pandemic has affected and wounded everyone, and everyone needs to be heard and comforted. Listening is… Read more »
«Religion is the opium of the people and of the Church. With its prohibitions and the bogeyman of hell, it holds entire populations hostage. Learn to use your heads–don’t put your brains in storage!” I was still a teenager when, at school, I listened with fascination to my literature professor, a convinced Marxist atheist, who… Read more »
From 30 August to 5 September 2021, our FSP Province of Southern America held an online Bible Mission on the theme, The Proclamation of the Kingdom. This initiative of the Pauline Biblical Year, in which the whole circumscription participated, was prepared by Sr. Noelia Toro and Sr. Claudia Carrano of Argentina, with technical support provided…
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Our Philippines-Malaysia-Papua N.G.-Thailand Province (PMPT) held a 2-day formation meeting via Zoom on 8 and 15 August 2021. Five of the circumscription’s young perpetually professed sisters participated in the event, which is part of the Province’s formation project for the accompaniment of its young members. The initial sharing focused on each one’s present apostolic involvement… Read more »
The 52nd International Eucharistic Congress is underway in Budapest, the capital of Hungary, from 5-12 September 2021. Its agenda includes celebrations in the city’s main square, exhibitions, cultural events, a theological symposium, and the testimonies of representatives of Churches from all over the world, including from countries at war. On Saturday, 11 September, a solemn… Read more »
