Get Universalis — and change your life! Readings at Mass Liturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II). First reading Acts 16:22-34 © Become a believer and you will be saved, and your household too The crowd joined in and showed their hostility to Paul and Silas, so the magistrates had them stripped and ordered them to be…
Vatican news Catholic-inspired organizations are implementing a series of social programs in Ceuta and Algeciras, assisting those arriving from Africa to enter Europe. One of the greatest challenges is the fight against human trafficking which exposes women to forced prostitution. By Felipe Herrera-Espaliat, Special Correspondent in Ceuta and Algeciras Ceuta is a Spanish city, but…
As the UN celebrates this year the thirtieth anniversary of the Cairo International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), Archbishop Gabriele Caccia reiterates that the promotion of birth control policies does not contribute to eradicating poverty in the world nor to promote sustainable development. By Lisa Zengarini Nearly thirty years have passed since the International…
Listen to the podcast! Readings at Mass Liturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II). First reading Acts 16:11-15 © The Lord opened Lydia’s heart to accept what Paul was saying Sailing from Troas we made a straight run for Samothrace; the next day for Neapolis, and from there for Philippi, a Roman colony and the principal city…
Vatican news A health facility managed by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Jeanne Antide Thouret, in the heart of Cameroon, provides care to people suffering from malaria, malnutrition and tuberculosis. By Francesca Sabatinelli – Ngaoundal “Real poverty in this country is often due to parental ignorance. » This is what nurses and doctors murmur…
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Listen to the podcast! Readings at Mass Liturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II). First reading Acts 10:25-26,34-35,44-48 © The pagans have received the Holy Spirit just as much as we have As Peter reached the house Cornelius went out to meet him, knelt at his feet and prostrated himself. But Peter helped him up. ‘Stand up,’…
Listen to the podcast! Readings at Mass Liturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II). First reading Acts 16:1-10 © ‘Come across to Macedonia and help us’ From Cilicia Paul went to Derbe, and then on to Lystra. Here there was a disciple called Timothy, whose mother was a Jewess who had become a believer; but his father…
An event Saturday at the Marconi Museum in the Vatican celebrates 150 years since the birth of the man who founded Vatican Radio. Present, alongside the prefect and directors of the Dicastery for Communication, were the Vatican Secretary for Relations with States, Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, and the grandson of Guglielmo Marconi. By Vatican News…
Vatican news Pope Francis meets with the seminary community of Burgos, Spain, and urges them to fill Spain's depopulated rural areas with God by freeing themselves from “false human security.” By Lisa Zengarini Pope Francis has encouraged a group of seminarians, priests and bishops in Spain to take on the challenge of bringing God to…