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The image of Merciful Jesus “came out of Vilnius and went to the whole world,” she said. “But it is not a decoration on a wall. It is a call.”

“Our role as doctors is solely to determine whether a person has been cured, and whether that cure is unexplained,” he explained.

While customs may vary, Holy Week is for many a unifying moment where communities are one in their collective remembrance of God’s love for humanity.

“I lived for half a century in a shocking denial of this trauma. Today, I have extricated myself from it, but the wound is still raw.”

On the site of a former monastery, a vast community center is rising in one of the French capital’s most desirable neighborhoods.

The life of Japanese sculptor Etsuro Sotoo offers a striking witness to how stone itself can become a path to faith. 

Castillo did not need the Spanish state “to offer her death” but to give back “meaning, help, and the possibility of healing” in her life.

The Prince and Princess of Wales were among 2,000 guests gathered at Canterbury Cathedral for the installation ceremony of Archbishop Mullally.

The Church’s greatest challenge is “to accompany them over time, enabling them to become disciples, and thus full members of parish communities.”

“It is troubling that a painful wound continues to open within the Church concerning the celebration of the Mass, the very sacrament of unity.”