“In our prayers we never cease to thank God for the help that you send us. Often our elderly and infirm sisters ask after our benefactors of ACN. They’ve pray fervently for this noble work that is helping to establish the kingdom of God by sharing out its spiritual and material fruits,” Sister Maria José, a Contemplative Sister from Brazil.
This pilgrimage will strengthen these young Russian Catholics in their faith and give them the opportunity to meet and pray together with thousands of other pilgrims from all over the world. It will be an experience that will remain with them throughout their lives.
Life in a Pakistani prison is an ordeal. Torture is commonplace, and prison conditions are often appalling; cells are tiny and overcrowded, and a hundred prisoners often share a single toilet.
Every year the Archdiocese of Erbil organizes a series of retreat days for young people. They are aimed particularly at those young adults who for the whole year are deeply engaged in the life of the parishes, such as catechetical work, or work in the youth groups.
Many of the people in the Apostolic Vicariate of Jimma-Bonga have never heard of Christ. Situated in the southwest of Ethiopia, it is an area of primary evangelization.
In Bishop Lobo's deeply impoverished diocese, the Holy Year of Mercy, proclaimed by Pope Francis, is being commemorated with exceptional and intensive solemnity.