Pope Francis urged the Church around the world this May to pray with the Blessed Virgin Mary for the Covid-19 pandemic to end. This trial is an opportunity to witness our firm faith and nourish our hope through bodily and spiritual gestures of love to help others.

When we talk about attitudes for living, we are constantly thinking about what to do for ourselves. However, an individual cannot truly flourish, although he succeeds in all areas, if he is not in harmony with his community, his social environment. To go towards the other, to understand him, requires a firm will and a sustained effort of self-sacrifice. The first step in this effort is to refrain from hasty judgment and prejudice.

Wednesday May 5, 2021 - Fifth week of Paschal Time - Abide in me, as I in you, says the Lord; he who abides in me bears much fruit - Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 15, 1-8

Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them — the one who had leant back close to his chest at the supper and had said to him, "Lord, who is it that will betray you?" Seeing him, Peter said to Jesus, "What about him, Lord?" Jesus answered, "If I want him to stay behind till I come, what does it matter to you? You are to follow me." The rumour then went out among the brothers that this disciple would not die. Yet Jesus had not said to Peter, "He will not die," but, "If I want him to stay behind till I come." This disciple is the one who vouches for these things and has written them down, and we know that his testimony is true. There was much else that Jesus did; if it were written down in detail, I do not suppose the world itself would hold all the books that would be written.

The Spirit of truth will guide you into all truth

At the end of its second General Assembly, held from 15 to 18 October 2024, the Episcopal Commission for Justice and Peace sent a message to government officials at all levels, as well as to all Malagasy and all people of goodwill.

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Love and Salvation

Christmas is a great joy, because it is the love of God that has come to us, proclaims Fr. Bizimana Innocent, Provincial Superior of the Salesians Don Bosco of Madagascar and Mauritius, presenting his Christmas greetings. Salvation is accomplished, so life is not in danger of disappearing. It is this love and this salvation that we wish to fill our life so that we have peace.

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Zatti, our brother

The short film "Zatti, our brother" (Argentina, 2020) focuses on one of the most difficult episodes of his life. We are in Viedma, in 1941: at the age of 60, Zatti is forced to leave the hospital he has attended for decades. His faith and strength are tested.

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