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Truth and freedom are the words that Benedict XVI entrusted to the entire Cuban people, 15 years after his Predecessor travelled the Caribbean Island calling for Cuba to open itself up to the world and for the world to open itself up to Cuba...

The first feeling when coming in this meeting is my pleasure on occasion of getting together for the building of the fraternity, affections to each and other to everyone in this city. It is nice to have a great number of participants here from various parishes, charity organizations and orders in this city.

A gift of God. This is how Archbishop Angelo Becciu, Substitute of the Secretariat of State, described the Visit of Benedict XVI to Mexico and Cuba.“Especially for Cuba”, said the Prelate, Apostolic Nuncio to the Caribbean Island from 23 July2009 to 10 May 2011, in an interview given to our newspaper, “his presence brought about abundant graces and great hope for a better future”.

Mgr. Dal Toso, secretary of Cor Unum, arrived in Syria to bring the offering to the local Catholic community. Meetings with the Patriarch of Antioch and the upper ecclesiastical hierarchy.

Those who went ahead and those who followed shouted: “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna in the highest heaven!”...

This year’s World Youth Day theme comes from Saint Paul’s exhortation in his Letter to the Philippians: “Rejoice in the Lord always” (4:4). Joy is at the heart of Christian experience. At each World Youth Day we experience immense joy, the joy of communion, the joy of being Christian, the joy of faith.

Le diocèse de Paris donne rendez-vous autour de la cathédrale Notre-Dame pour trois jours d'animations, les 30 et 31 mars, et 1er avril 2012. Ces manifestations concluront "Mission métropoles", projet d'évangélisation initié par le Conseil pontifical pour la Nouvelle Evangélisation auquel prend part une douzaine de diocèses en Europe.

By the grace of God, I was privileged to be present at the ceremony ending a sutdy course about “Interfaith Dialogue”, held by the Diocesan Commission for Interfaith Dialogs – Pastoral Center of Archdiocese HCM City, in the morning of January 7, 2012.

... Palm Sunday offers us the invitation to adopt a proper outlook upon all humanity, on the peoples who make up the world, on its different cultures and civilizations.

... Palm Sunday is the great doorway leading into Holy Week, the week when the Lord Jesus makes his way towards the culmination of his earthly existence. He goes up to Jerusalem in order to fulfil the Scriptures and to be nailed to the wood of the Cross, the throne from which he will reign for ever, drawing to himself humanity of every age and offering to all the gift of redemption...

... Her behavior can be qualified of splendid magnanimity: "Mary took a pound of costly perfume made from genuine nard" (Jn 12:3). It is an act of love, and like any act of love, difficult to understand by those who do not share it...

... "Judas left as soon as he had eaten the bread. It was night" (Jn 13:30). It is always night when we move away from he who is "light from light, true God from true God".

... Darkness that will be over when He will exclaim: "It is finished" (Jn 19:30); as of that moment, Easter's light will flare up. In Easter's glowing night - in opposition to the darkness of the vigil of his death - Jesus' words will become true: "Now is the Son of Man glorified and God is glorified in him" (Jn 13:31).

Thirty cities and provinces and more than 4,600 businesses across Vietnam took part in Earth Hour 2012, from 8.30pm to 9.30pm local time on March 31, and recorded a saving of 546,000kWh of electricity costing VND712 million.

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- A 15-month "year" celebrating the 200th birthday of St. John Neumann and the anniversary of his ordination as bishop of Philadelphia made a stop in Washington March 28, which would have been the saint's 201st birthday and the 160th anniversary of his episcopal ordination.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- A Vatican-Jewish dialogue commission said moderation, honesty and a fair distribution of world resources are the ingredients for a more just economic order.

“Whenever I bring to mind the twenty-sixth World Youth Day in Madrid, my heart fills with gratitude to God for the experience of grace of those unforgettable days” said Pope Benedict XVI Monday as he greeted thousands of young people, bishops and organizers of the Madrid event, held last August in the Spanish capital.

During Lent, parishes promoted moments of meeting and communion to strengthen the faith. For the archbishop of Saigon, Lent is the ideal time "to renew religious life and consolidate our faith and community ties". Fundraisers bring in money for the sick and needy.

The Holy See welcomes the Cuban government's decision to make it easier for people to attend Good Friday celebrations. The Catholic Church seeks greater space and freedom on the island.

With a cross hanging on the walls and an olive branch the sign of the "presence of God", families prepare to celebrate Easter. Chrism Mass, Eucharistic Adoration, Stations of the Cross and Passion the most significant moments. On Sunday hundreds of catechumens will be baptized.

En 2011, 38 des 57 pays membres de l'OIC - pour un total de 55 millions de personnes - ont subi de graves dommages et ont été victimes de situations d'urgence humanitaire. Ces tragédies ont causé une perte financière totale de 68 milliards de dollars. Ce chiffre ne peut être reconduit à la crise politique de ce qu'il est convenu d'appeler le Printemps arabe mais est basé sur les statistiques diffusées par les Etats membres.

Today, the Gospel proposes us - at least - three considerations. The first one is that, when our love for God cools off, then our will yields to other temptations,...

Together with other Baha’i Communities of the world, the Community of the Baha’is of Vietnam also celebrated the World Religion Day since 1962. This is an occasion for the believers of various religions to gather every year, to listen to the speeches given by their representatives on the same subject proposed by the Organizing Committee.

On behalf of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, I am happy to offer again, this year, heartfelt congratulations on the occasion of Vesakh/Hanamatsuri. It is my wish that this annual feast may bring joy and serenity to the hearts of all of you throughout the world.

... There is something more than a lesson in humility in the Master's gesture. It is like an anticipation, like a symbol of his Passion, of the total humiliation He has to suffer to save all men.

Today we celebrate the first day of the Paschal Triduum. It is therefore the day of the victorious Cross, where Jesus Christ left the best of Him: the Virgin Mary as his mother, the forgiveness - for the slayers, too - and total trust in God Father.

“With the Holy Mass in Coena Domini, we enter the Easter Triduum, the summit of the liturgical year, to celebrate the central mystery of faith: the passion, death and resurrection of Christ. In the Gospel of St. John, the climax of the mission of Jesus is called his "hour", which opens with the Last Supper”, said Benedict XVI this Spy Wednesday as he held his General Audience in St Peter’s Square.

Chaque année, dans tous les diocèses du monde, prêtres, diacres et fidèles se réunissent pour célébrer la Messe Chrismale. Elle se célèbre normalement au matin du Jeudi Saint mais peut être anticipée. C’est au Mardi de la Semaine Sainte que cette célébration s’est fixée depuis longtemps dans notre diocèse.

Nepal’s small Catholic community is preparing to celebrate Easter for the first time without fear of attacks from Hindu extremists. As it did for last year's Christmas celebrations, the Nepali government has adopted important security measures to protect Catholic and Protestant churches and places of worship.

Disciple Trung, come into the middle of the room and prostrate before me. Well done. However, you must remember to pray "NAM MO CAO DAI TIEN ONG DAI BO TAT MA HA TAT" each time you nod. A major ceremony has three offerings: incense and flowers, wine, and tea.