Andrea Tornielli: Nine months of war, a wound that worries us as Christians

We are approaching the end of the ninth month since the start of the horrible war of aggression by Russia against Ukraine. nine months is the time when a human life takes shape in the womb and then comes to lightbut the one in Ukraine has not been a gestation of life, but only of … Read more

Christians affected by the wound of the war in Ukraine

This is the scandal of a conflict involving peoples sharing the same baptism: faith and religious tradition can never be taken for granted and taken for granted. Andrea Tornielli We are approaching the ninth month since the start of Russia’s horrific war of aggression against Ukraine. Nine months is the time during which a human … Read more

Mother Maddalena Morano bold woman in the announcement • Institute of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians

Rome Italy). On November 15, 2022, the liturgical memorial of the Blessed Mother Maddalena Morano (1847-1908), Piedmontese Daughter of Mary Help of Christians who knew how to inculturate herself in Sicily to proclaim the Gospel of Christ and spread the Salesian spirituality breathed in Mornese, Nizza Monferrato and Valdocco, in the relationship with Don Bosco … Read more

Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, a strong educational commitment that looks to the future of young people

Attention to young people from an educational and preventive point of view has always been at the center of the activity of the Salesians who recently wanted to question themselves about their mission by outlining new paths and perspectives based on listening to girls and boys themselves. The dean of the Pontifical Faculty of Educational … Read more

Actors of the Future: “Faced with the ambient pessimism, we need committed Christians”

The cross : What is the objective of Actors of the Future, twelve years after its foundation by Father Pierre-Hervé Grosjean? Martin Favreau: Since the beginning, in 2010, the idea has been to give young people the keys to discernment to orient themselves and engage in life as Christians. Every year we bring together 200 … Read more

End of life: “Caregivers and Christians” enter the debate

“In my department, which receives patients between 80 and 100 years old, I have a lady who has not eaten for a month and a half. She weighs only 33 kg and all communication is cut off with her, testifies Alix, geriatrician in a Parisian hospital. What should we do when emergencies demand space every … Read more

Saint Teresa of Avila Patroness of the Institute • Institute of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians

Rome Italy). On October 15, 2022, the Feast of Saint Teresa of Avila is celebrated, recognized and desired by Saint John Bosco Patroness of the Institute of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians. In the context of the 150th anniversary of the Institute, celebrating it means recalling its presence. In the Constitutions of 1885 … Read more