Category: The Church in Distress

And a very great silence based on charity

18 October 2018

Then and Now Catherine–Mectilde de Bar (1614 –1698) lived in times no less troubled and troubling than our own. The life of the Church...

Mary shares the Church’s burden

17 October 2015

Mary shares our human condition, but in complete openness to the grace of God. Not having known sin, she is able to have compassion on...

Marcel Van: A Soul for Priests

2 September 2009

Called Not to Be a Priest, But to Be for Priests For a long time, the Servant of God, Vietnamese Redemptorist Brother Marcel Van (1928-1959)...

A Church with Face and Garments Soiled

3 February 2009

Good Friday 2005: A Prayer by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger Lord, your Church often seems like a boat about to sink, a boat taking in water...

The Persecution Continues

24 September 2008

AsiaNews is, without a doubt, the best source of information about the cruel sufferings of Christians being persecuted for their faith in the state of...

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