COVENANT SOLIDARITY, Sarah-Leah Pimentel • While most of us were enjoying the Easter celebrations, delighting in the beauty and joy of the Easter vigil liturgy or the surprise and wonder of the disciples in the Easter Sunday readings, for the Christians of Sri Lanka Good Friday never ended. Death overshadowed the promise of a new and renewed life.— The Easter candle splattered with blood of the martyrs reminds us that although Jesus is resurrected into eternal life, his body and the body of His Church remain on the cross of
Read More VATICAN/COLOMBIA, Maria Fischer with material from AICA and ACIprensa • “The Holy Father once again condemns blind violence, which is a very grave offense to the Creator, and raises his prayer to the Lord to help persevere in the construction of harmony and peace in that country and throughout the world,” reads a telegram sent to the Archbishop of Bogotá, Cardinal Rubén Salazar Gómez, expressing his deepest pain for the victims of an attack at a police cadet school in Colombia. – Pope Francis expressed his “deepest condolences to the
Read More Our heart and our prayers in our Shrines go out to the victims of the cruel attack in Nice, to their friends and family, to helpers, doctors, police… God, have mercy! Nuestras oraciones en los Santuarios para las victimas del ataque horrible en Nice, sus amigos, sus familias, los médicos, policia… Dios, ten piedad. Unsere Gebete im Heiligtum für die Opfer des furchtbaren Anschlags in Nizza, für ihre Freunde und Familien, die Helfer, die Ärzte, die Polizisten… Gott, hab Erbarmen! #prayforNice Pope Francis: prayer and solidarity “We have followed during
Read More Editorial staff • Once again. Once again innocent victims who lost their lives or were seriously injured. Once again families and friends in pain. Once again doctors, policemen, priests, journalists working beyond exhaustion to save lives, to comfort, to provide security, to spread less panic and more clarity … Let us all be Brussels. We are all Brussels. United in prayer, in solidarity, in capital of grace, in pain. We are in the Holy Week. The Way of the Cross of Jesus is not a tale from past times. Is
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