«The unity of Christians is an essential requirement of our faith», said Pope Francis on the occasion of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. «Unity is not the result of our human efforts, or the product of ecclesiastical diplomacy, but is a gift from heaven». As he explained, «we are not able to come…
On December 20 Pope Francis appointed Fr Gregory Homeming O.C.D as the sixth Bishop of Lismore (NSW, Australia). The Anglo-Irish Province rejoices in this honour bestowed on one of its members. Born in Sydney on 30 May 1958, to a Australian Chinese family, Fr Greg completed his primary education in Shepparton, Victoria and secondary school…
Pope Francis, at the 50th Day for Peace, at the beginning of the Year 2017, calls us to build peace “through active nonviolence” as the natural and necessary complement to the Church’s continuing efforts to limit the use of force (…/…). Jesus himself offers the strategy of peacemaking in the Sermon on the Mount. The…
We´re celebrating Christmas, so it´s better for us to set our sight at the closest crèches to Holy Land. 2016 has been the most lethal year in the history of the Mediterranean route, at least 3,800 people have lost their lives. On Middle East, the war in Syria has mobilized millions of people. And the…
Now it is a tradition the two Definitors General will meet each other at the place which gave birth to us, Mount Carmel. This year, Frs. Fernando Millán, OCarm and Saverio Cannistrà ocd, with their Definitors, they will meet on November 27th to December 2nd in our monastery of Stella Maris, which will –in addition…
The Latin Patriarchy in Jerusalem, denonces and analyzes the diffused results from Israeli Office of the education, that classifies the schools for rank from 1 to 4, with the greatest part of the Catholic institutes, situated in the first two levels and only one in the third one. «If we analyze carefully the report, we…