Sarah Numico

Questionnaire and other news

The Catholic Church in Iceland has launched an online consultation on Facebook among Catholics to “collect information on the present situation of parishes.” “The answers – states the introduction to the survey – will serve as the benchmark for a project aimed at the definition of a specific pastoral program for the diocese.” As many […]

Rimini Meeting

“There is a need for a reconstruction of man, of the self. After the delusion of men alone at the lead at global and local level, none of the present problems – migration, development, work, poverty, politics – can be addressed unless there is someone who educates the self, ensuring the recovery of the conscience […]

Mission in Africa

Contemporary society experiences the strong impact of relativism and consumerism, not only in Europe’s western societies, as is often pointed out, but also in post-Communist Countries, marked by a strong tendency to explore and challenge the limits of recovered freedom after the fall of Communist dictatorship. However, there are strong signs that young people don’t […]

Original and corageous initiative

In the forest of Stupino, some one-hundred kilometres south of Moscow, approximately sixty men and women of all ages living in the streets of the capital have recently spent a week in a camping site surrounded by nature. “You are not alone”: is the name given to this initiative launched last year by Merci House, […]

Mercy

After his suffered youth, Francis of Assisi felt that his life had been spared for no personal merit. Successes hadn’t brought him happiness, seeking redemption from failure had been to no avail… a life void of meaning found no justification: he was “alive” only by an act of mercy. He still felt the yearning to […]

Reflection

The new book by Msgr. Marcello Semeraro, bishop of Albano, Secretary of the Council of Cardinals (C9) dedicated to Amoris laetitia, Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation on love in the family, was released a few days ago. The volume is titled: “L’occhio e la lampada. Il discernimento in Amoris laetitia”, Edizioni Dehoniane, 160 pages [“The eye and […]

Reflection

Innocent pain, the suffering of the infant stands before us, calling us into question. Is the mere human impotence of reason the answer? An endless pessimism or depression? The place of unprecedented suffering can trigger another feeling, which doesn’t wipe out the agony and does not intend to accept it, for it would end up […]

Solidarietà

Anche quest’anno il periodo delle vacanze è giunto. Annunciato con largo anticipo da un clima decisamente caldo, fuori dalla norma. Tutti i ragazzi e i giovani sono liberi da impegni scolastici, a partire dalla scuola dell’infanzia fino all’università. Arriva il tempo di riposo, di sosta, di relax per riprendere le energie. Tempo anche di sosta […]

Discrimination

A complex situation that has been ongoing for years and grew worse since the end of the war in 1995. It’s the conclusion of the bishops of Bosnia and Herzegovina whose 70th Plenary assembly ended a few days ago. Emigration is one of the major problems, increasing at a slow yet steady pace, to the […]

Comment

When we mention or speak about offering our life, also with believers and practising people they react with feelings of embarrassment. Is the issue a delicate one? Are there proactive ambiguities? It is due to defence psychological mechanisms? Is it misinterpreted support? These are legitimate questions that can be clarified in the light of the […]