Ten years have passed since the martyrdom of the four nuns MissionAden 2016: the attack on the home for the elderly Consecrated women between war and poverty The works of mercy lived every day A testimony that continues to speak to the world 1. Aden 2016: the attack on the home for the elderly On March 4, 2016, war and hatred violently entered a charity home in Aden, Yemen. An armed commando broke into the facility run by the MissionArias of Charity, the congregation founded by Mother Teresa of Calcutta....

Saints Perpetua and Felicity, martyrs of Carthage, embody the indissoluble bond between faith and freedom. A noblewoman and a slave, united in a sisterhood that defies human hierarchies, they face martyrdom with serene joy. Their testimony is a hymn to the strength of women and to the missionand of love that conquers death. Read all Saint Teresa Margherita Redi Saint Teresa Margherita Redi, "the flower of Carmel," lived a life of industrious silence and ardent charity. Consumed by love for God, she served her sisters with humility...

From L'Aquila, Brother Piero Sirianni, a Capuchin friar minor, shares with Mission A Reflection on Integral Ecology Drawing on the study of our Capuchin brother Lacerenza, "The Care of the 'Common Home' as Eco-Mercy: A Theological-Moral Perspective": Apulia Theologica III (2017) 1, 53-92, we wish to reflect on the commitment to care for the universe as a true work of mercy. Near the end of his narrative on the experience of faith lived with the Lord Jesus, Matthew gives us the announcement of definitive salvation embodied in closeness to all those in need; Christ identifies with: the hungry, the thirsty, the stranger, the naked, the sick, the prisoner (cf....

On March 6, 2026, for the World Day of Prayer, Christian women from over 170 countries will pray together. The women of Nigeria will lead the reflection starting from the Gospel of Matthew: an invitation to bring to Christ the burdens of humanity and to live the work of mercy of consoling the afflicted. A prayer that spans the world. "Come to me": the slogan that speaks to the heart of humanity. The voice of Nigerian women. Consoling the afflicted: when prayer becomes missionand 1. A prayer that spans the world On the first Friday of March, this year March 6, 2026, Christians of various denominations...

The column continues spazio + spadoni On the Saints of Mercy. Today, Saint Maria Cristina of the Immaculate Conception, proclaimed a saint in 2015. The life of Maria Cristina of the Immaculate Conception illustrates how education is a true work of mercy. In 19th-century Naples, she dedicated herself to the education of the poorest girls, convinced that education and faith were instruments of dignity and freedom. A vocation born on the streets of Naples. Born Adelaide Brando in Naples in 1856, Sister Maria Cristina of the Immaculate Conception grew up in a city marked by profound social inequalities. From a young age, she sensed the suffering of girls and...