With book launch, Jesuits prepare to celebrate Ignatian Year

The roughly 15,000 members of the Society of Jesus, their collaborators and many people who draw on the spiritual heritage left by St Ignatius of Loyola are preparing to mark a special Ignatian Year beginning on 20th May and lasting until the saint’s feast day, on 31st July 2022. Anticipating the celebration, Fr Arturo Sosa, the Jesuit superior general, recently... Read More

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March 19, 2021

Year dedicated to families aims to strengthen joy and hope, cardinal says

Families need the care and attention of the Church, but they also have so much to offer its pastoral programmes and priests, said Cardinal Kevin J. Farrell, prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life. Dedicating the next year, starting today, 19th March, to the pastoral care of families will be an important initiative, particularly at a... Read More

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March 11, 2021

There is ‘comfort in God’s promise’, say US bishops, marking year of pandemic

US life has “dramatically changed” due to the yearlong pandemic, and alongside it, racial injustices and political divisions have shaken the nation, yet there is “comfort in God’s promise,” the US bishops’ Administrative Committee said in a pastoral message. There also “is much to learn from this global suffering,” it said, adding that going forward, people... Read More

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December 9, 2020

Pope proclaims year dedicated to St Joseph

Marking the 150th anniversary of St Joseph being declared patron of the universal Church, Pope Francis proclaimed a yearlong celebration dedicated to the foster father of Jesus. In an apostolic letter, dated 8th December, “Patris Corde” (“With a father’s heart”), the pope said Christians can discover in St Joseph, who often goes unnoticed, “an intercessor, a... Read More

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January 2, 2019

Time passes, but God’s love endures, pope says as 2018 ends

The end of one year and beginning of next naturally leads people to think about the passing of time and about love, which gives time – and everything else – real meaning, Pope Francis said. To mark the end of 2018, Pope Francis led an evening prayer service on 31st December in St Peter’s Basilica.... Read More

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