Millions of people throughout the world use social networks. Many of the themes debated by the public revolve around issues connected to the Internet–from the loss of privacy to cyber-bullying, from fake news to the consequences of the Internet’s influence on democratic processes. By now we can see for ourselves that the Internet is an… Read more »
To All the Sisters. Dearest Sisters, Easter is here! Once again we feel invited into the garden where the Lord was buried. Like Mary Magdalene, we listen to his voice calling us. We see him and touch him. Longing for him to stay with us, we cry out with immense love: “Rabbouni…Master!” Let us allow… Read more »
The Grammar of Lent Death Starting with Life… Death is the moment of supreme detachment; the moment in which we are called to hand back our life to the One from whom we received it. But death is not restricted to our final moment here on earth; it accompanies us throughout our life. We… Read more »
The Grammar of Lent Liberation Starting with Life… Every day we face new situations. Every day we have choices to make. Some situations seem to be heavier than others to bear; sometimes we find it hard to decide in what direction to move. We could find ourselves faced with obstacles we didn’t create and… Read more »
Rome, 28 February 2018 To the Circumscription Superiors, Superiors of Communities Dependent on the General Government and All the Sisters Dear Sisters, I am writing to you during this “favorable time” of preparation for Easter and two weeks prior to 15 March 1953–the day on which we will be celebrating the 65th anniversary of pontifical… Read more »
The Grammar of Lent Word Starting with Life… There is a very close relationship between the way we communicate and the way we love: some people choose silence over words, others use a violent tone of voice, while still others select their words with care. If we pay attention to how we communicate in… Read more »
The Grammar of Lent Son Starting with Life… The word son makes us think of relationships. We are always the children of someone. We are never completely detached from the world. To be a son or daughter is a vocation: we are always called to share our life with someone else. We are sons… Read more »
The Grammar of Lent Possibilities Starting with Life… The word possibility rouses both hopes and fears in us. If something is possible, it means that the situation facing us has not reached a definitive conclusion. But it is also true that if something is possible, then we must make the commitment to concretizing those… Read more »
Dearest Sisters, Each year, the anniversary of Maestra Thecla’s “birth to heaven” finds us all united in remembering her in prayer and in the desire to imitate her docility to the will of God and great love for the Gospel. Little by little, as we penetrate her life more deeply–including through the many letters (over… Read more »
“The truth will set you free” (Jn 8:32): Fake News and Journalism for Peace: this is the theme of the 52nd World Day of Communications, which will be celebrated on 13 May 2018. In his Message, the Pope reflects on the need for correct information that rejects fake news and then goes on to analyze… Read more »
