inundado por um mistério de luz que é Deus e N´Ele vi e ouvi -A ponta da lança como chama que se desprende, toca o eixo da terra, – Ela estremece: montanhas, cidades, vilas e aldeias com os seus moradores são sepultados. - O mar, os rios e as nuvens saem dos seus limites, transbordam, inundam e arrastam consigo num redemoinho, moradias e gente em número que não se pode contar , é a purificação do mundo pelo pecado em que se mergulha. - O ódio, a ambição provocam a guerra destruidora! - Depois senti no palpitar acelerado do coração e no meu espírito o eco duma voz suave que dizia: – No tempo, uma só Fé, um só Batismo, uma só Igreja, Santa, Católica, Apostólica: - Na eternidade, o Céu! 
(October 08, 2011) Pope Benedict XVIth will make his 25th Pastoral Visit in Italy, on Sunday, to Lamezia Terme, in the south Italian region of Calabria, the tip of the horseshoe-shaped Italian subcontinent. Calabria is bathed by both the Tyrrenian and Ionian seas, and is separated from Sicily by the straits of Messina. This visit to Calabria is historical since it comes 25 years after the double ...»
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 This Sunday, Pope Benedict XVI denounced a “vicious” criminality that wounds the social fabric of the Italian region of Calabria and called on Catholics to take strength and courage from their faith, to overcome the obstacles of injustice, to care more for each other and the common good. The Holy Father was on a one day pastoral visit to the diocese of Lamezia Terme and Serra San Bruno, which lies in the heartland of the region home to the infamous Ndrangeta mafia. Calabria is Italy’s southernmost region, and one of its’ poorest and least developed with an unemployment rate touching 27%. The setting for Sunday’s mass was particularly poignant, a disused plastics factory, one of the many empty warehouses in the industrial complex just outside the town. Welcoming Pope Benedict Sunday, Mayor Gianni Speranza spoke of a land of “extraordinary ...» Pope Benedict reminds the Faithful of God's Care for every Human Being and invites them to trust in His Goodness; He appeals for Aid for hunger-stricken people in the Horn of Africa  Pope Benedict XVI has told the faithful that God will always guide, protect and nourish those who follow Him, underlining that following Jesus, the good shepherd, is the right thing because with him the person lacks nothing. The Holy Father made the observation on Wednesday at the Mid-Week General audience at St. Peter's square. This week's Catechesis focussed on Psalm 23. The psalm portrays God as ...» |