by sjcpost | Sep 30, 2019 | Vatican Corner
The Amazonian synod entitled “New paths for the Church and for an integral ecology”, is the name of the upcoming meeting of bishops that is to be held at the Vatican from October 6th through 27th, 2019. The gigantic 2,700,000 square miles Amazon rainforest contains...
by sjcpost | Sep 20, 2019 | Vatican Corner
The 140th anniversary of the Apparition at Knock, Ireland was on August 21, 2019. That is where the Blessed Virgin Mary, St. Joseph, St. John the Baptist and Christ (as the Lamb of God) appeared to 15 local townspeople on the parish church’s gable wall. The shrine...
by Gregory Galvan | Sep 14, 2019 | Vatican Corner
Pope Francis had said that when he became Pope he didn’t want to travel very much because it was not in his nature. But a’er his first trip, a refugee camp, he realized the importance of his fatherly encounters where he can meet the people, hear their...
by Gregory Galvan | Aug 24, 2019 | Vatican Corner
In 2013 when Pope Francis was in Rio de Janeiro for World Youth Day, he visited a hospital run by the Fraternity of Saint Francis of Assisi in the Providence of God. He asked the Fraternity if they had members in the Amazon. The reply was “no” and Francis simply...
by Gregory Galvan | Jul 26, 2019 | Vatican Corner
On July 20, 2019 America and the world celebrated the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11. It was the NASA space mission which for the first time attempted, and was successful in landing two men on the surface of the moon and returned them safely to Earth. Like millions of...
by Gregory Galvan | Jul 20, 2019 | Vatican Corner
After returning from his discovery of the New World, Christopher Columbus in February 1493 wrote a letter to Spanish King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, the patrons of his exploration, telling them what he saw during his travels. The letter was written in Spanish and...
