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The Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) has accurately been described as a “Council of the Church about the Church.” For four years, the Church reflected on her self-identity as the community of Christ’s disciples. This reflection seeks to capture a “Vatican II Ecclesiology” in eight “snapshot” images.
In words and gestures, the prophet Hosea’s vocation is a testimony of fidelity and living God’s love. It is an invitation to be missionaries of love, mercy and good news.
For over 27 years, the Comboni missionaries have shared the joy of the Gospel with the Catholic communities of the Archdiocese of Taipei. Rooted in their unique missionary charism, they serve three parishes, accompany aboriginal groups, and attend to the spiritual needs of migrants.
It is impossible to know how many of us around the world watched, through the various media, the scene of the opening of the Holy Door in St. Peter’s Basilica on 24 December. The beauty of the place and the prayerful atmosphere of the assembly must certainly have been contagious. But even more striking was the sight of Pope Francis, frail in his wheelchair, almost as a proclamation of our needy humanity, and immersing himself in an infinite ocean of hope.
In 2024, according to data verified by Agenzia Fides, 13 Catholic “missionaries” were killed worldwide, including eight priests and five lay people. This year too, Africa and America recorded the highest number of pastoral workers killed: five on both continents.
Mexico is one of the most dangerous nations in the world to be a Catholic priest, a new report has found.
Pope Francis appointed Sr. Simona Brambilla (in photo), an Italian-born religious sister from the Consolata Missionaries, as Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, along with Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime as Pro-Prefect.
Pope Francis has chosen the theme for World Communications Day in 2025, calling on people to “share with gentleness the hope that is in your hearts.”
