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Beyond My Four Walls
A recent graduate, her life upended by the coronavirus outbreak while taking her first steps in the professional world, reflected on this period when many of us are obliged to stay at home and cannot...
View Article5 September 2020: Priestly Ordinations in Rome
The precautionary measures needed to contain the pandemic has forced a rescheduling of the priestly ordination ceremony for 29 deacons of the Opus Dei prelature. The ordination, which was supposed to...
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A Wedding During the Pandemic
This article was originally published in El Periódico, a newspaper in Valencia, Spain, as"La boda que ganó al coronavirus"Susanna had been praying to the Blessed Virgin Mary for a boyfriend; if...
View Article"We are called to have care and respect for all creatures"
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Good Morning!Today we celebrate the fiftieth Earth Day. This is an occasion for renewing our commitment to love and care for our common home and for the weaker members of our...
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The Creativity of Love
"It's a difficult time for everyone. For many, very difficult," the Roman Pontiff reminded us before making a concrete request: "Let us try, if we can, to make the best use of this time: let us be...
View ArticleLetter to All the Faithful for the Month of May
Dear Brothers and Sisters,The month of May is approaching, a time when the People of God express with particular intensity their love and devotion for the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is traditional in this...
View Article"The way of the beatitudes is an Easter path"
Dear Brothers and Sisters,With today’s audience, we conclude our journey into the evangelical Beatitudes. As we have heard, the last one proclaims the escatological joy of those persecuted for...
View Article“Prayer is a cry arising from the hearts of those who trust in God”
Dear Brothers and Sisters, good morning!Today we begin a new series of catecheses on the theme of prayer. Prayer is the breath of faith, it is its most proper expression, as a cry that issues from the...
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Little House, Big Family!
For the past four weeks there have been 10 of us in our modest little house, but our eldest daughter came home today and now we are 11. Despite the fact that we do not have much physical space, my...
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100th Anniversary of Saint John Paul II's Birth
Karol, the third child in the Wojtyla family, was born on May 18, 1920, at five in the afternoon. It was a hot afternoon and the windows were wide open. From a nearby church the singing of the litanies...
View ArticlePrayer and Fasting with Pope Francis on 14 May
“I would like to remind you that on 14 May, believers of every religion are invited to unite themselves spiritually in a day of prayer, fasting and works of charity, to implore God to help humanity...
View Article"Prayer is the most intimate mystery of our being"
Dear brothers and sisters, good morning!Today we take the second step on the course of the catechesis on prayer begun last week.Prayer belongs to everyone: to men and women of every religion, and...
View ArticleSaint Josemaria's Prayer Before Our Lady of Guadalupe
Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz speaks about Saint Josemaria's pilgrimage in May 1970 to Our Lady of Gaudalupe in Mexico to pray for the Church and the whole world.
View Article"Enter into Christ with your whole life"
Dear young people,This year we celebrate one hundred years since the birth of Saint John Paul II. It is a beautiful occasion for me to speak to you, young people of Krakow, thinking of how much he...
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"What more can I do?"
Singapore is home to about 350,000 foreign workers, mainly from India and Bangladesh. Most of them live in dormitories scattered throughout the city-state, but their living quarters are communal, and...
View Article"Prayer opens the door to hope"
Dear brothers and sisters, good morning!Let us continue the catechesis on prayer, focusing on the mystery of Creation. Life, the simple fact that we exist, opens the heart of the human person to...
View ArticleMay 30: Pope to Lead Live-Streamed Rosary
The rosary will begin at 5:30 p.m., Rome time and will be live-streamed. Shrines around the world will participate, including the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., Our...
View Article"A person who walks with God"
Dear brothers and sisters, good morning!Today’s catechesis is dedicated to the prayer of the just.God’s plan regarding humanity is for the good. Yet in our everyday lives we experience the presence of...
View ArticleMary, Mother of the Church
Commentary by Cardinal Robert SarahHistory of the mosaic Mary "Mater Ecclesiae" in Saint Peter's SquareOne of the most recent architectural additions to Saint Peter's Square is the mosaic of Mary...
View Article"The God of Abraham becomes 'my God'"
Dear brothers and sisters, good morning!There is a voice that resounds unexpectedly in the life of Abraham. A voice that invites him to set out on a path that sounds absurd: a voice that spurs him to...
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