Farewell to Biagio Conte: the lay missionary who gave up everything to help the poor, the homeless and abused animals died

Biagio Conte left us this morning, the lay missionary who put his whole life at the service of the least and fought to protect defenseless animals. His Palermo mourns a combative man with an immense heart, known as the angel of the poor @Mission of Hope and Charity He left peacefully, surrounded by the affection … Read more

Thousands bid farewell to Benedict XVI at a funeral held by Pope Francis

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis honored his predecessor Benedict XVI, the German theologian who made history in retirement, by presiding over a rare requiem Mass for a slain pontiff by a living one Thursday before thousands of mourners in St. Peter’s Square. The bells tolled and the faithful applauded as the pallbearers carried the cypress … Read more

Thousands of faithful bid farewell to Benedict XVI in the Vatican • Argentine Weekly Miami

the body of Pope emeritus Benedict XVI his head propped up on a pair of crimson pillows, lay in St. Peter’s Basilica on Monday as thousands of people filed past to pay homage to the pontiff who shocked the world. upon retirement a decade ago. As dawn broke, 10 white-gloved Papal Knights, lay attendants of … Read more

Farewell to Pope Ratzinger. The man of the monastery and the link with Ciociaria

“Where is God? What is he like and what does he want?”. The path that a “man”, like Pope Benedict, took and had done to arrive almost rationally at the love of God, starts from the base. “God is love” embodies the centrality of eight years of pontificate, it is the key to understanding the … Read more

Benedict XVI, Vatican: “Pope Emeritus has died”. A last farewell to the coherence between spirituality, reason and faith

(ASI) Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI died in the Mater Ecclesiae monastery. He had resided here since his resignation from the ministry of Pontiff, communicated to the world on February 11, 2013 (his election, as the 256th Successor of Peter, took place on April 19, 2005). He “died today at 9:34, in the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery … Read more

“The End of an Era” by Elizabeth Jane Howard: nostalgic farewell to the Cazalet family

Well, there it is ! We knew that one day we would have to close the cover of the last volume of this English family saga. And say goodbye to Rachel, Hugh, Edward and Rupert, to Louise, Polly and Clary and to all this Cazalet family which the French reader had met in the spring … Read more

CHARLIE, THE MUSICAL SAYS FAREWELL – El Sol Newspaper of Puerto Rico

El Sol de PR newspaper Caguas, July 20, 2022 – Captivating, emotional and inspiring the performance of Víctor Santiago, as the blessed Carlos Manuel Cecilio Rodríguez Santiago, known as “Charlie” in the staging of Charlie, the Musical. Víctor, is transformed in an incredibly moving way, which gives way to a whirlwind of emotions that are … Read more

Farewell to Don Mario Carlin, the priest passed away at 100: “ We will always be indebted to him, a pioneer who founded the Bellunesi association in the world ”

BELLUNO. He died at 100 don Mario Carlina priest who spent himself in various capacities in the service of church of Belluno-Feltre and founder ofBellunesi association in the world. Born in Sedico in 1922, Don Carlin was for 27 years canon penitentiary of the S. Martino cathedralbut before that he carried out the pastoral office … Read more

He was 98 years old. Farewell to Gumpel, the Jesuit who “defended” Pius XII

A portrait of Father Gumpel -. He felt he was somehow “The living memory of Pius XII”, the Pope whom he had met “closely” as a young Jesuit teacher at the Germanic College and of whom he often evoked “the affability and the ability to listen”. But above all he considered himself the last witness … Read more