In December, we begin to think about Christmas, although shopping centres begin a marketing campaign as early as October. Preparation is not about focussing on presents to be purchased and food to be made, but a time to prepare our hearts for the Word of God.
In December, we begin to think about Christmas, although shopping centres begin a marketing campaign as early as October. Preparation is not about focussing on presents to be purchased and food to be made, but a time to prepare our hearts for the Word of God.
Whether he intends it or not, his actions mirror the example of Christ—offering guidance and support to others in the hope they might achieve something greater.
The Aussie Camino, tracing St Mary MacKillop's path, highlights pilgrimage as both an external journey and an inner spiritual transformation towards God.
Christmas this season in the Holy Land will be celebratory despite ongoing bloodshed and war, the Holy Land's patriarchs said. And while visiting Germany, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, encouraged pilgrims to return to the birthplace of Jesus.
Viktor Orban went to Rome as part of a tour of bilateral meetings that he has been conducting since holding the rotating presidency of the European Union, a role that will come to an end after this year.
Some people are worried that the broader participation of the faithful in decision-making, as proposed in the Final Report of the Synod on Synodality, might endanger the hierarchical structure of the church. Is this concern warranted?