MOTHER TERESA TO BE CANONIZED ON 4th SEPTEMBER 2016 IN ROME
The canonization of Mother Teresa will be held on 4 September this year in Rome during the Sunday Mass celebrated as part of the Jubilee for workers and volunteers of mercy.
The canonization of Mother Teresa will be held on 4 September this year in Rome during the Sunday Mass celebrated as part of the Jubilee for workers and volunteers of mercy.
Pope Francis led a retreat for priests on Thursday, offering a series of three meditations on the theme of mercy.
The festive air surrounding Corpus Christi , the sumptuous decorations adorning churches and lining the streets, and everything else that goes along with the popular devotion expressed on this special solemnity, can distract us from its objective core: the Eucharist, the Body of our Lord, the papal bull Transiturus of Urban IV, the corporal venerated in the cathedral at Orvieto – all these have
As can readily be understood from a quick review of its contents, the Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia seeks emphatically to affirm not the “ideal family” but the very rich and complex reality of family life. Its pages provide an openhearted look, profoundly positive, which is nourished not with abstractions or ideal projections, but with pastoral attention to reality.
“We are witnesses to and ministers of the ever-increasing abundance of the Father’s mercy; we have the rewarding and consoling task of incarnating mercy, as Jesus did.” Pope Francis reminded his fellow priests in his homily on the morning of Holy Thursday.
His Excellency Bishop Joseph Kariyil has announced the transfers of priests in the Diocese.
Bishop Joseph Kariyil solemnly inaugurated the Jubilee Year of Mercy with the celebration of the Holy Eucharist at at Santa Cruz Basilica, Fortcochin.
On Tuesday, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Pope Francis solemnly inaugurated the Jubilee Year of Mercy with the celebration of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. “This Extraordinary Holy Year is itself a gift of grace,” the Pope said in his homily To pass through the Holy Door means to rediscover the infinite mercy of the Father
Pope-emeritus Benedict XVI will attend the ceremony for the opening of the Holy Door in St. Peter’s Basilica, which will inaugurate the Jubilee Holy Year of Mercy. Pope Francis invited his predecessor to be at the ceremony, which will take place in the Atrium of the Basilica on 8 December, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception.
