Articles on this issue "CELAM"
In the era of the global village, it is more important than ever to pray for vocations to the consecrated life, says John Paul II. The Pope made that point in a message to the general chapter …
read moreFather Flavio Peloso has become the seventh successor of St. Luigi Orione as director general of the Sons of Divine Providence congregation. Born in Almisano di Longo, Italy, in 1952, Flavio …
read moreJohn Paul II encouraged the Catholic Church's understanding, respect and collaboration with the Bruderhof Communities, an Anabaptist group, when receiving some of their representatives in …
read moreIndian Father Joseph Vithayathil, co-founder of the Congregation of the Sacred Family and spiritual director of its founder, has been declared a "Servant of God." "Servant of God" is the title …
read moreThe diocesan process of beatification for Igino Giordani, considered by Chiara Lubich a "co-founder" of the Focolare Movement, is under way. The process opened officially today at St. Peter's …
read moreAmong the institutions that have responded to John Paul II's call to assist abused children is the Catholic association Heart's Home, which opened in 1990. This private association of faithful …
read moreHere is the letter addressed to John Paul II by Monsignor Luigi Giussani, founder of Communion and Liberation, on the 50th anniversary of this ecclesial movement. * * * Your Holiness, The …
read moreHere is the letter John Paul II sent to Monsignor Luigi Giussani, founder of the Communion and Liberation movement, for its 50th anniversary, which will be celebrated in October. The Vatican …
read moreJohn Paul II received Brother Roger, founder of the Taizé Community, in audience over the weekend. The Vatican press office gave no details about the content of their meeting Saturday. The …
read moreChiara Lubich helped present a book that condenses the 60-year history of the Focolare Movement she founded in wartime Italy. "I want to testify to this: God is the author of this work," …
read moreA meeting of tens of thousands of young people, convoked by the Taizé ecumenical community, will be an occasion "to further intercultural and interreligious dialogue and to return to the …
read moreTranslated into 57 languages, this letter by Brother Roger of Taizé was made public during a young adult European meeting in Hamburg, Germany. It will be a starting-point for reflection …
read moreThe way to the source of goodness, joy and trust is abandonment to God, says Brother Roger of the ecumenical Taizé Community, in his Letter for 2004. Translated into 57 languages, including 24 …
read moreAmong the Church's newest beatified is Luigi Maria Monti, an 19th-century apostle to the sick and poor. In the homily at the beatification on Sunday, John Paul II summarized Monti's life by …
read moreFrom December 29 to January 2, 2004, nearly 300 parishes of Germany’s Hamburg region will welcome thousands of young people for the Taize ecumenical community’s 26th "Pilgrimage of Trust on …
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