Recently, Fr. Joe Matteucig, former Shrine Director at Our Lady of Fatima Shrine in Holliston, who worked many years in the United States, wrote to us from his parish in Taiwan. His letter is slightly edited to make it more understandable to those who may not know the other...

On Saturday, April 15, 2023, at 9:00 am, at the Cathedral of Belém (Pará), Xaverian Missionary Bishop Paolo Andreolli was ordained auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Belém. The ordaining bishop will be Dom Alberto Taveira Corrêa, archbishop of Belém (PA), and the two co-ordinating bishops will be Dom...

The author, Dorothy Buck is the USA coordinator for the Badilya Prayer Movement. Badaliya is an Arabic word that means to take the place of or substitute for another. It is a spiritual term that lies at the heart of the Christian faith experience and refers to the mystery of...

The Synod of the Church, called by Pope Francis in 2021 and culminating in 2024, is an incremental opportunity to involve the whole church in a dialogue about our present and future in an ever-evolving and changing world. We present the work of the continental assembly of Asia. Baan...

Pope Francis has appointed our confrere Fr. Paolo Andreolli, S.X., as Auxiliary Bishop of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Belém do Pará, Brazil, assigning him the titular see of Altava. Fr. Paolo Andreolli, S.X. was born on 16 December 1972 in Noventa Vicentina (VI). He entered the Institute of Vicenza...

Reverend Bonnie Steinroeder | Minister, First Congregational Church of Holliston, MA, USA January 18-25, 2023 is the yearly celebration and awareness-building opportunity of The Week of Christian Unity. The World Council of Churches and the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity Joint Commission on the Week of Prayer for...

In our new presence in Morocco, Fr. Moll, a Xaverian Missionary from Chad, Africa, shares his initial experience engaging with Muslims as a Catholic missionary. A heart that loves people but a head that does not learn the language: I have been in Morocco for two years now. It...

Stanislas Fritz Prasetyo sx “Buddhism and its relevance in the modern world” was the topic of the interreligious dialogue activity held by the Xaverian Philosophy Community of Jakarta on October 29, 2022. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, interreligious dialogue has been carried out through zoom meetings. For the first time after the pandemic, we were...

The Holy See in the Vatican presented on October 28, 2022, the synthesis report for the beginning of the continental stage of the synod. The following is a summary of L’Oservatore Romano. At the end of the article, you may download the full report. It is a useful tool,...

Reverend Bonnie Steinroeder, pastor of First Congregational Church in Holliston, Massachusetts, and I were recently invited to evening prayer services with our Jewish neighbors and friends at Temple Beth Torah for Yom Kippur. Our friendships were forged through close connections between the Christian churches in town and the local synagogue some years ago....