María Felicia Guggiarri Echeverría, familiarly known as «Chiquitunga», was born on January 12th, 1925, in Villarrica del Espíritu Santo, Paraguay. From a very young age, she demonstrated a great inclination to help the needs of the poorest and helpless. Her mother says that she was in charge of caring for people with limited resources who…
If we reflect on the beauty and density of the name we have received as a religious family, (we are discalced brothers of Mary). We realize that fraternity is not an accessory element, but a substantial one. We are not “fathers”, that is, priests, who live in fraternity: we are “barefoot” brothers and sisters, who…
This Tuesday, March 13, 2018 marks the 5th anniversary of the election of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio at Peter’s Seat. Five years ago, on March 13, 2013, Pope Francis was elected. His pontificate was particularly marked by the publication of two encyclicals (Lumen Fidei, on faith, which reproduced what had been prepared by Benedict XVI,…
Fr. Attilio Ghisleri, ex-General Bursar of the Order of the Discalced Carmelites, on January 13, 2018, after the Saturday chant of the Salve in Stella Maris, he has taken possession of his new position as Delegate General of the Delegation of Israel. Then all the present religious have done the act of obedience, in order…
The new Apostolic Nuncio in Israel, Bishop Leopoldo Girelli, presented his diplomatic credentials to the President of Israel, Reuven Rivlin, at the presidential residence on November 29, during a diplomatic ceremony in which the ambassadors of Sweden, Portugal and Uruguay participated too. Bishop Girelli was appointed Nuncio in Israel on September 13, and on September…
Reading the history of the foundation of the monastery of Discalced Carmelites of Mount Carmel, I remembered the words that St. Gregory the Great wrote in his commentary on the search for the Lord by Mary Magdalene: «her desires have grown thanks to her waiting, and growing, have been able to realize what they had…
With emotive messages and invitations to peace, unity, justice and reconciliation, Pope Francis agitated five-day agenda for Colombia ended. He was present in the cities of Bogota, Medellin, Villavicencio and Cartagena. The Pope began his tour on 7 September in the streets of Bogota encouraging the Colombian people not to lose courage and not to…
From April 29, 1993 to June 14, 2017 Mgr Marcuzzo has been in charge of the area of Galilee, as titular Bishop of Emmaus and patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem for the Latins in Israel. A learned person with a broad general culture, in the years 1977-1980 studied dogmatic theology at the Pontifical Lateran University and…
Three weeks after the attacks to the Coptic minority, the head of the Catholic Church visits Cairo (Friday 28 and Saturday 29 April) as «Friend, Messenger of Peace and Pilgrim». Egypt has warmly welcomed Pope Francis. The first day of the Pope’s visit was extremely dense. In fact, he met with President Sissi, with the…
On Friday, April 28, the Holy Father will arrive in Cairo shortly after noon. This will be the second time he will meet with the President, Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, who was received by the Pope on Monday, November 24, 2014, five months after his arrival in power. During this visit, the Pope expressed his wish…