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"Lord, show us the light of your face!", sings the psalm of today's liturgy. Yes, for Jesus "then opened their minds to understand the Scriptures" (Lk 24:45). It is quite urgent. It is absolutely necessary the disciples have a clear and profound understanding of the Scriptures, for as St. Jerome tells us, "Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance

Love for God and neighbor must be the hallmark of all missionary efforts, against the difficulties and accusations of proselytism. Archbishop Emeritus of Calcutta and postulator of the cause of canonization of the first Missionary of Charity, remembers the path of the blessed.

"Thus it is written that the Christ would suffer and rise from the dead on the third day and that repentance, for the forgiveness of sins, would be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things."

La première assemblée plénière de l'épiscopat vietnamien pour l'année 2012 s'est déroulée du 9 au 13 avril 2012, à l'évêché du diocèse de Xuân Lôc. Tous les archevêques (dont un cardinal) et les évêques des 26 diocèses du pays étaient présents, à l'exception de l'archevêque de Huê, absent pour raison de santé. Le représentant du Saint-Siège, Mgr Leopoldo Girelli ainsi que le secrétaire général de la FABC.

On 08th April 2012 (falls on 18th March on the Dragon Year), Hoang Phap Pagoda start a new the seven days of cultivation course in 70th, and more 2,500 Buddhists come to attend this course.

The web offers a host of resources to inspire you to find a way to discuss or celebrate Earth Day with your family. Here are some of the best Earth Day sites for kids.

Each year, Earth Day - April 22 - marks the anniversary of what many consider the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970.

Ethnic minority groups from various part of Vietnam are taking part in a cultural market opened in the Vietnamese Ethnic Groups Culture and Tourism Village in Dong Mo tourist area, 40km from Hanoi, on April 19.

God is the One who gives us this food and He gives it to us through his Son. Anything that increases our faith in Him is the kind of food in which we should invest all our energies.

"Lord, give us this bread always" (Jn 6:34): that I may say these words, pronounced by the Jews from their materialistic look at life, with the sincerity faith provides us with; that they truly mean a desire to nurture myself with Jesus Christ and to live closely united to Him forever.

After the resurrection, Jesus opens the minds of the apostles to understanding the Scriptures about Christ, "may our hearts and our minds be open to the understanding of Scriptures". In this period when children usually make the first communion, Benedict XVI invites priests, catechists and parents' to prepare this feast of faith, with great fervor, but with sobriety."

According to statistics that the Study Center of Faith in He Bei managed to collect up to 19 April, which was sent to Fides, during Easter 2012, a total of 22,104 baptisms were administered in the continental Catholic communities.

"... We will continue to spread and work for dialogue, harmony and peace in our country": is what the imam of the mosque in Lahore, Syed Muhammad Abdul Khabir Azad, one of the great Muslim leaders in Pakistan, says in an interview with Fides.

Buddhism was probably introduced in Vietnam towards the end of the 2nd century A.D. when it was under the sway of the Chinese Emperior... Buddhism in this country went through many vicissitudes with changes in the political situation... Studies on Japanese Buddhism in recent times show remarkable progress in their critical approach.

... because a presence and a command have certainly been prescribed upon him, from the outside, without coercion, but with the authority of who deserves all the credit: "Go out to the whole world and proclaim the Good News to all creation" (Mk 16:15). That is, that we yieldingly evangelize, although we do it gleefully and confidently.

According to the Ministry of Health, although it is a benign viral infection in industrialized countries, the EV71 strain of the HFMD continues to claim victims in Asia. In particular, in the southern part of Vietnam, the children are looked after in hygienically precarious kindergartens while parents work.

Christ, immortal and glorious reminds us again that the Father is the true protagonist of everything. Those who listen and believe live in communion with Him who comes from God, with the only one who has seen him and, thus, faith is the very beginning of eternal life.

... “the duty to charity and to justice, thus the duty to assist widows, the poor, to provide situations of need with love, where brothers and sisters are found”. Because even in this case it is important to respond “to God's commandment: love one another”.

The Palestine Israel Ecumenical Forum (PIEF) of the World Council of Churches invites member churches, faith-based communities, and civil society organizations to join together in 2012 for a week of advocacy and action in support of an end to the illegal occupation of Palestine and a just peace for all in Palestine and Israel.

The 49th World Day of Prayer for Vocations, which will be celebrated on 29 April 2012, the Fourth Sunday of Easter, prompts us to meditate on the theme: Vocations, the Gift of the Love of God.

It's a public health project of the Islamic Foundation of Greater St. Louis, which pitches in by paying rent for the clinic offices. Many of the volunteers attend the mosque.

It's a public health project of the Islamic Foundation of Greater St. Louis, which pitches in by paying rent for the clinic offices. Many of the volunteers attend the mosque.

Une enseignante chrétienne, animée par l’idéal de l’unité, choisit de rester dans le Pays asiatique, dans un moment difficile pour donner sa contribution à l’éducation et à la paix.

"Si les poumons de la prière et de la Parole de Dieu n’alimentent pas la respiration de notre vie spirituelle, nous risquons de suffoquer au milieu des mille occupations de nos journées", fait observer Benoît XVI qui rappelle qu’il n’y a pas d’opposition entre prière et activité caritative, mais que la prière doit irriguer l’engagement et le service.

... It is "food", and we say "food" so that there is no doubt with respect to its assimilation, to its identification with Jesus. We receive Holy Communion to remain united: to think like him, to speak like him, to love like him...

... It is not that the twelve are smarter, or even better, nor do they understand the Bible any better; but they are indeed more modest, more trusting, more open to the Holy Spirit, more docile...

Pour chercher à comprendre ce qu’est la culture, je m’en vais vous l’exposer, au fur et à mesure, au cours des cinq rubriques suivantes: (1) Genèse du terme Culture. (2) Quelques définitions commentées de la Culture. (3) Étude étymologique et analytique de la Culture. (4) Évolution des Cultures. – Trois principales formes culturelles au cours des âges...

4th Sunday's Gospel of Easter by pictures: Jesus said: "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; and I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of My hand.

With some 50 representatives of Sunni Islam, Arab tribal leaders and local government officials, he signed a document "Let us build bridges of peace," released Thursday, as reported by Aid to the Church in Need.

A Muslim cleric said this week that good preaching and right conduct are essential for guiding humanitarian action and fostering respect for people of different faiths.