At the center are children, the future of the world
Reflections on the occasion of the first World Children's Day. Pope Francis summoned them to Rome to put them at the center of everyone's attention
by Don Gabriele Cantaluppi
In the logo of the first World Children's Day, which will be held in Rome in May 2024, the handprints in different colors represent the multiple cultures, called to form a unity that welcomes and values differences; the stylized profile of the dome of San Pietro recalls the Church, guardian of the future of the new generations; the dome lantern is a metaphor for the Christian "light bearers" and the cross is obviously the symbol of the passion and resurrection of Jesus.
Prayerful presence for the Pope and the Church
In January six Benedictine nuns returned to the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in the Vatican gardens.
Their prayer is for the Pope. Their silence and their
seclusion are a reminder to everyone of the essentials
by Don Francesco Marruncheddu
Treturns to being a cloistered monastery after almost twelve years, even if in reality it has never stopped being a place of prayer and silence. From 3 January 2024 the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery, in the heart of the Vatican gardens, hosts a new community, made up of six nuns of the Benedictine Order.
Courageous and persecuted Pope
This year is the centenary of
election of Pius XI. His pontificate took place between two world wars. He was a true pastor for the Church. He knew it well
and helped the works of Don Guanella.
by Lorenzo Bianchi
Achille Ratti, born in Desio (Milan) on 31 May 1857 and son of the director of the local spinning mill, after having attended the Lombard Seminary in Rome, was ordained a priest in 1879 (he was twenty-two and a half years old).