Words on the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
With the entire universal Church, the International Schoenstatt Movement mourns the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. We thank the Triune God for having given
December 31, 2022
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With the entire universal Church, the International Schoenstatt Movement mourns the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. We thank the Triune God for having given
Pope Benedict has passed away. We as Church mourn him. He was a very special and close friend to Schoenstatt. He appreciated our charism and mission for the Church, accompanying us in a fatherly way and feeling very much loved and supported by us. Here is a brief review of that fraternal relationship between Pope Benedict and Schoenstatt.
In his traditional Christmas Day message, Pope Francis underscores how Jesus’ birth shows us the way to peace in our lives and our world, and encourages us to contemplate the face of the Child Jesus and be deeply moved by God’s love, so that peace may be born in our hearts and shared with all.
At the conclusion of the General Audience, Pope Francis calls on everyone to renew our closeness to our Ukrainian brothers and sisters who are suffering greatly, to help them with humanitarian aid and keep them in our hearts throughout Advent and Christmas.
Both John Louis Pozzobon and Saint Juan Diego are humble, plain townspeople, God-fearing and devoted to Mary.
Let us pray that volunteer non-profit and human development organizations may find people willing to commit themselves to the common good and ceaselessly seek out new paths of international cooperation.
What do I give more importance to? Or, what is more important in our life?
German Bishops gathered in Rome for their “ad Limina visit” meet with the heads of the Vatican’s dicasteries to discuss the ongoing German Synodal Path.
PRESS RELEASE 13.11.2022
International Meeting of the Friends of “Together for Europe” (TfE) in Porto, Portugal
Pope Francis has named Brazilian Gleison de Paula Souza, a professor of Religious Education at the A. Vallone School in Galatina, in southern Italy, as the new Secretary of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life.
The Vatican has published this week the Document of the Continental Phase for the next Synod. As reported on the Vatican News website: It is the Document, with the consultation of the people of God, which will serve as the basis, for the work of the second stage of the synodal journey, launched by Pope Francis in October 2021.
This morning, at the end of the Sunday Angelus, the Holy Father announced that the upcoming 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops will be held in two moments, that is, in two sessions, spaced one year apart: the first from October 4 to 29, 2023, the second in October 2024.