When I was a young philosophy student, I remember the sentence of an Asturian Carmelite father who spoke to us about the fauna of Carmel to refer to the brothers of the Discalced Carmelite Order. It was a kind of joke to make us see the variety of people and styles that were and are…
The bells with their festive ringing always call us to the church. In ancient times, the bell was the signal and sound to communicate. There was a way of ringing which is called tocsin for announcing an imminent danger, with a quick and steady touch. Then there is the sound to announce a deceased in…
The week of prayer for Christian unity is approaching. Here in the Holy Land the diversity and unity of the different religious creeds is felt. He who writes, on Sunday 5 celebrated the Eucharist at 8.00 in the morning at the Basilica of Mount Carmel accompanied by the Melkite-Greek bishop of Galilee, who attended the…
According to the directives of the Second Vatican Council, the church is putting into practice the guidelines of a pastoral ministry embodied in the world. The Amazon is a place that concerns everyone, where many global challenges of our time concern everyone. Among the topics addressed were the tragedy of drug trafficking and its consequences.…
