Articles on this issue "consecrated"
Benedict XVI says the witness of people who live a life totally dedicated to Christ, and prefer nothing to his love, is the key to rejuvenate consecrated life. The Pope expressed this message …
read moreConsecrated life has followed a joyful path of renewal in recent decades, but hasn't been exempt from wounds, says a Vatican official. Archbishop Franc Rodé, prefect of the Congregation for …
read moreThe life of a religious is about taking risks and "giving one's life," says the secretary-general of the International Union of Superiors General. "I don't doubt for an instant that if …
read moreTwo Brazilians have been indicted in the United States for the murder of a 74-year-old American religious in the Amazon, the Justice Department reported. It said Rayfran das Neves Sales, 28, …
read moreA few days after the Indian Catholic episcopate appealed to the authorities for protection against attacks on Church personnel, another convent came under siege in the state of Bihar. Early …
read moreThe faithful in strife-torn Iraq have at least one cause for celebration: the 50th anniversary of the Mission of the Little Sisters of Jesus. The celebrations in northern Iraq and in Baghdad …
read moreThe Pious Disciples of the Divine Master elected Sister M. Regina Cesarato as their new general superior for a six-year term. Sister Regina, who until now had been general councilor, expressed …
read moreTo pray with all one's body is to love with all one's heart, says Dominican Sister Catherine Aubin, author of a book on the subject. The French nun, who holds a licentiate in psychology and a …
read moreSister Lucia was the "jewel" of the Carmelite convent of Coimbra, but within its walls she lived exactly like the other women religious, says the prioress. "Age had made her very frail and the …
read moreSister Lucia's writings will not reveal any new details of the Fatima apparitions, though they provide more insight into the 1917 events, says the head of a research panel. "Sister Lucia's …
read moreThe texts of Sister Lucia will not reveal more details of the Fatima apparition, but will provide more profound insight into the event. Father Jacinto Farias, president of the Scientific …
read moreIn a letter to Brazil's ambassador to the United States, the chairman of the bishops' International Policy Committee expressed "deep concern and revulsion" at the murder of missionary Sister …
read moreAt least three key challenges face consecrated women today, says a Vatican aide. They are "the challenge of the spirituality of communion; of vigilant and laborious attention to the plurality …
read moreJohn Paul II expressed gratitude for the support he felt he always received from Sister Lucia's prayers, especially in moments of suffering. The Pope expressed this in the message read by his …
read moreA statement from the Archdiocese of Belem expressed profound consternation over the murder a 73-year-old, U.S.-born woman religious, and asked: "How much longer?" "At the height of the …
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