Mark’s Gospel (Mk 16:1-8) tells us that early in the morning, on the first day of the week, as the sun was rising, Mary Magdala, Mary, the mother of James, and Salome went to the tomb with spices to anoint the body of Jesus. The women were asking each other who would remove the large […]

The Year of Faith “And when they arrived [in Antioch], they called the church together and reported what God had done with them and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.” (Acts 14:27) With this citation the Holy Father, Benedict XVI, initiated his Apostolic Letter Porta Fidae that inaugurated the Year […]

The profound crisis of faith that has affected many people arriving at the stage where the faith is no longer today considered an obvious precondition for life in society and so the Holy Father Benedict XVI has decided to introduce the Year of Faith so that every Christian may rediscover their journey of faith. The […]