Church – Francis – Movements Category

org. Every part of the Church, and many others outside of her - believers or non-believers - have received Pope Francis` clear and hope-filled words. They are also words that motivate us to assume the responsibility we all have to build a world in accordance to the Will of God, in the strength of the Spirit and through the way of Christ. Cardinals and bishops, priests, men and women religious, novices and seminarians, families, the youth and elderly, communities and institutes have received this challenge to go out "onto theRead More
mda. 1914. The Schoenstatt Family all over the world spontaneously connects this year with Schoenstatt's foundation. It took place at the beginning of World War I. "A child of war" Fr Kentenich used to call it. A child of are really dreadful and cruel war, a war that brutally ended the lives of so many young people, including the young men who had surrendered themselves completely to the Mother of God so that the poor and unadorned chapel in the narrow Schoenstatt valley (where the GPS system still fails today,Read More
NOTICELAM, Virginia Bonard. From August 18 – 23, 2014, the Latin American and Caribbean Seminar on Urban Pastoral Care took place in the Conference House “Santa María” of the Slaves of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Bogotá, Colombia.  One of the experts invited to this conference was the Argentinean priest, Jorge Eduardo Scheinig – pastor, with a degree in Pastoral Theology, coordinator of Urban Pastoral Care in the region of Buenos Aires (PUBA) – who spoke with NOTICELAM on what was analyzed in those days with specific depth,Read More
org. Every part of the Church, and many others outside of her - believers or non-believers - have received Pope Francis` clear and hope-filled words. They are also words that motivate us to assume the responsibility we all have to build a world in accordance to the Will of God, in the strength of the Spirit and through the way of Christ. Cardinals and bishops, priests, men and women religious, novices and seminarians, families, the youth and elderly, communities and institutes have received this challenge to go out "onto theRead More
ROME, José M. Vidal - RD/mda. Audience on 20 August in the Paul VI Hall. A mournful audience at the tragedy in Pope Francis' family with the death of his nephew's wife and his two small children. The emotion in the air is palpable. The Pope makes a reference to the incident and expresses gratitude for the condolences he received. The catechesis focuses on his recent trip to Korea, giving assurance that "Christ does not cancel cultures."Read More
org. Every part of the Church, and many others outside of her - believers or non-believers - have received Pope Francis` clear and hope-filled words. They are also words that motivate us to assume the responsibility we all have to build a world in accordance to the Will of God, in the strength of the Spirit and through the way of Christ. Cardinals and bishops, priests, men and women religious, novices and seminarians, families, the youth and elderly, communities and institutes have received this challenge to go out "onto theRead More
TRIP TO SOUTH KOREA, RD/mda. His words move, inspire, question, call to action. His gestures speak just as loudly. Pope Francis' words and gestures form an authentic and inspiring message. His choice of vehicle during his five-day visit to South Korea has surprised many people in this country, where important people usually go out onto the streets only in luxury vehicles.Read More
ROMA, RD/mda. Recently, Pope Francis asked “the international community to protect all those suffering violence in Iraq” after the United States renewed military operations in the country. Pope Francis reiterated his request to all the devoted Christians of the world, so that they would pray for their co-religionists who are harassed by the Jihadists of the Islamic State (ISIS).    Read More
GERMANY, mda. Cardinal Sin, the former Archbishop of Manila, always made a public appeal for prayer, known as a "Prayer Rally", for important intentions. In 1986 two million Philippinos walked through the streets praying the Rosary for the end of the Marcos dictatorship, which took place peacefully soon afterwards. Under the heading "Prayer Rally" people are gathering physically and virtually in these days to pray for the Christians in Iraq, or for the girls who have been abducted in Nigeria. Karin Schmitz from Sankt Augustin near Bonn has now startedRead More
PANAMA/ROME, aciprensa. Pope Francis sent a message to the participants of the First Latin American Congress for the Pastoral Care of the Family that took place in Panama on 4-9 August, in which he explains that "Within the family, faith is absorbed together with mother's milk." In his message published by the Panama archdiocese on 5 August, the Holy Father asks: "What is the family?" and he answers: "Over and above its most pressing problems and its peremptory necessities, the family is a "centre of love", where the law ofRead More