Articles on this issue "consecrated"
Here is the translation of Pope Benedict's homily at a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica commemorating the Feast of the Presentation as well as the 27th World Day for Consecrated Life. * * * Dear …
read moreThe May document from the Vatican on authority and obedience in religious life is a reminder of life's ultimate objective, said the superior-general of the De la Salle Brothers. Brother Álvaro …
read moreObedience in the consecrated life is a journey in search of God, aiming at becoming aware of the design of his love, says a 50-page document released by the Vatican. The Congregation for …
read moreThe call to consecrated virginity has roots in the beginnings of evangelical life, and the Virgin Mary was its first fulfillment, affirmed Benedict XVI. The Pope stated this today when he …
read moreHere is the address Benedict XVI delivered Feb. 2, the feast of the Presentation of the Lord and the 12th World Day of Consecrated Life. The Pope spoke after a Eucharistic celebration in St. …
read moreConsecrated men and women invite Christians toward an ever greater fidelity to the Gospel, says Benedict XVI. The Pope affirmed this Saturday, after a Eucharistic celebration in St. Peter's …
read moreCardinal Franc Rode told the U.S. Conference of Major Superiors of Men that consecrated persons' lives must show Jesus' message is the only one that leads to eternal life. The prefect of the …
read moreHere is the Vatican translation of the address Benedict XVI gave in St. Peter's Basilica on the World Day of Consecrated Life, Feb. 2. * * * FEAST OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE LORD 11th WORLD …
read moreConsecrated life is in a moment of enormous vitality, says a Vatican official. The secretary for the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, Archbishop …
read moreThe most important social project for the consecrated members of the Church is to belong totally to God, says the president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. Cardinal Renato …
read moreFrom her youth, Maria Scrilli always preferred God's will to her own. Sister Maria Stella Marzano, vice postulator of the blessed's cause, said that this was a key feature of the founder of …
read moreHere is a translation of the address Benedict XVI gave today before and after reciting the midday Angelus with the crowds who gathered at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, south …
read moreBenedict XVI paid homage to the memory of an Italian woman religious who pardoned her killers as she lay dying from an attack in Somalia. "Some are asked to give the supreme testimony of …
read moreThe last words of an Italian woman religious slain Sunday in Somalia were: "I forgive, I forgive." Around midday, Consolata missionary Sister Leonella Sgorbati, 65, was crossing the road …
read moreArtists and saints are united in how they see "the now" in the "not yet," says art critic Sister Maria Gloria Riva. The contemplative religious of the Perpetual Adorers of the Most Blessed …
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