Children
Green schools for children in Madagascar
The island country of Madagascar, off the southeastern coast of Africa, is deeply affected by the consequences of climate change. That’s why, the Diocese of Mananjary in the southeast, has decided to create 'green schools' with courses on education for the protection of our Common Home, placing a bet on the future of young Malagasies.
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Greater public awareness needed to stem child slavery
Christoph Lehermayr of 'Missio Austria' says consumers’ awareness and behaviour in developed countries are the first steps in fighting the scourge of child slavery and labour that affects millions of children across the world. In an interview with Vatican News marking the International Day Against Child Slavery, Lehermayr speaks of the work carried out by Church organizations to free children from bonded labour.
Uttarkhand to Allow Kumbh Mela at Haridwar in January 2021
INDIA, November 23, 2020 (News Track): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Sunday, said Covid or no Covid, Kumbh Mela will be held in its divine form at Haridwar in 2021
The Indian School Where Students Pay for Lessons With Plastic Waste
Villagers once burned the toxic waste as fuel, but a pioneering couple’s radical education model uses it much more creatively
Safeguarding children online
Fr Hans Zollner explores online risks for children and offers tips for their online safety.
Gospel in pictures: Pentecost Sunday
The Holy Spirit, the Third Person of the Blessed Trinity, is my soul's soul, the life of my life, the entity of my entity; it is my sanctifier, the guest in my deepest interior.
Gospel in pictures: Sunday 7th (C) Easter
' All you peoples, clap your hands; shout to God with joyful cries (...). God mounts the throne amid shouts of joy; the Lord, amid trumpet blasts. Sing praise to God, sing praise; sing praise to our king, sing praise'.
Gospel in pictures: Sunday 6th (C) Easter
Peace will only be achieved if we turn towards Jesus, as He gives us his peace as a fruit of his total love.
Gospel in pictures: Sunday 5th (C) Easter
'... love one another'. Jesus invites us to love one another. In our complex world, too. Complex because good and evil are being mixed and mingled together.
Gospel in pictures: Sunday 4th (C) Easter
He who consciously and repeatedly closes his ears to God's call, is no longer in tune with Jesus and will also lose the joy of being a Christian, to go grazing in other pastures that neither satiate nor give eternal life.
Gospel in pictures: Sunday 3rd (C) Easter
After the Easter events, the Apostles seemed to go back to their usual chores, as if they had forgotten the Master had transformed them into “fishers of men”. All the same, the appearance, at dawn, of the Lord completely overturned everything.
Gospel in pictures: Sunday 2nd (C) of Easter
... stretch out your hand and put it into my side. Resist no longer and be a believer'. Thomas then said, 'You are my Lord and my God'. Jesus replied, 'You believe because you see me, don't you? Happy are those who have not seen and believe'.
Gospel in pictures: Easter Sunday (Mass during the Day) (C)
The great sign the Gospel gives us today is that Jesus' tomb is empty. We have to look no more among the dead for He who is alive has risen.
Gospel in pictures: Palm Sunday (C)
Jesus enters Jerusalem as a messianic king, humble, peaceful, with a servant's attitude, not as temporal king using and abusing his power.
Gospel in pictures: Sunday 5th (C) of Lent
In our daily life, in our work, in our family or friendly relations, we often make value judgements. More than once, our judgement is wrong and harms others' good fame; which is a true lack of justice that forces us to retraction.
Gospel in pictures: Sunday 4th (C) of Advent
The Gospel today presents us with two people, Maria and her cousin Elizabeth, who show us with their example the spiritual attitude we should have towards this event. It should be an attitude of faith, of dynamic faith.
Gospel in pictures: Sunday 3th (C) of Advent
We see both genealogies, in Matthew's and Luke's Gospels. Jesus Christ son of Abraham, son of David. Moses, Isaiah and Jeremiah announced His Advent and described the features of His Ministry.
Gospel in pictures: Sunday 2nd (C) of Advent
Through John Baptist's voice, the Gospel urges us to prepare a way for the Lord Jesus. But, really are we the ones who have to open a path to God? Is it not me who needs help from God?
Gospel in pictures: Sunday 1st (C) of Advent
Today, as we start a new liturgical year, we renew our zeal and our personal struggle with our sights set on sanctity, ours and that of everybody else. The Church itself calls on us to do so, reminding us in today's Gospel, of the need to be always at the ready...
Gospel in pictures: Sunday 34th (B) in Ordinary Time
Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
Gospel by pictures of Sunday 24th (B) in Ordinary Time (Sep.13rd)
Today we find ourselves confronted with situations similar to those described in this evangelical passage. If, right now, God would ask us 'But you, who do you say I am?'...
Gospel by pictures of Sunday 23rd (B) in Ordinary Time (Sep. 6th)
Today, the liturgy takes us to contemplate the healing of a 'deaf man who also had difficulty in speaking' (Mk 7:32). As in other cases (the Bethsaida and Jerusalem blind men, etc.)
Gospel by pictures of Sunday 22nd (B) in Ordinary Time
Today, the Word of the Lord helps us to discern that over and above our human usages we have to place God's Commandments.
Gospel by pictures of Sunday 21st (B) in Ordinary Time (Aug. 23rd)
Today, the Gospel takes us to Capernaum where, many who have seen his miracles are following Jesus, especially those that were present at the spectacular multiplication of the loaves and fishes.
Gospel by pictures of Sunday 20th (B) in Ordinary Time (Aug. 16th)
Today, we persevere in the interpretation of the Discourse of the Living Bread that we have been commenting these last Sundays: 'I am the living bread which has come from heaven'. We would discover the very Mystery of God that we receive as the true food of our souls,...
Gospel by pictures of Sunday 19th (B) in Ordinary Time (Aug. 9th)
Today, the Gospel shows how puzzled Jesus' compatriots were when in his presence: 'This man is the son of Joseph, isn't he? We know his father and mother. How can he say that he has come from heaven?'
Gospel by pictures of Sunday 17th (B) in Ordinary Time (July 26th)
Today, we can contemplate how both human and supernatural love can be forged in us, given that we use the same heart to love both man and God.
Gospel by pictures of Sunday 16th (B) in Ordinary Time (July 19th)
Today, the Gospel invites us to discover the importance of resting in the Lord. The Apostles were retuning from the mission on which Jesus had sent them. They had expelled demons, cured the sick and preached the Gospel. They were tired and Jesus told them to ...
Gospel by pictures of Sunday 14th (B) in Ordinary Time (July 5th)
Today, the liturgy helps us to discover what it is that Jesus feels in the depths of his heart, He 'was astounded at their unbelief'. Without a doubt, the disciples would have been taken aback by the lack of faith shown by the Master's compatriots...
Gospel by pictures of Sunday 13th (B) in Ordinary Time (June 28th)
Today, the Gospel presents us with two of Jesus' miracles that speak of the great faith of two entirely different persons. Whether Jairus —an official of the synagogue— or that poor ailing woman, both displayed much faith: Jairus is certain Jesus can cure his daughter...