Father Luca Bovio, Consolata missionary and director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Ukraine, reports to Agenzia Fides. In a winter marked by freezing temperatures and an unrelenting war, suffering and acts of mercy intertwine in Ukraine, testifying to the strength of hope. Cities hit by bombing and freezing temperatures, lacking heating, electricity, and often water, see the Church and Christian communities reaching out to the most vulnerable, embodying the work of mercy of clothing the naked, not only as a material gesture, but as a symbol of restored human dignity in the midst of...

Seven Holy Founders of the Order of the Servants of Mary The Seven Holy Founders of the Servants of Mary contemplate the Virgin with ardent hearts and united faith. United in prayer, they choose fraternity, penance, and service. Their communion becomes a light for the Church, a sign of filial trust and joyful perseverance under the maternal gaze of Mary. Read more Saint Alexis Falconieri A Florentine nobleman, Saint Alexis was among the seven founders of the Servants of Mary. Out of humility, he refused the priesthood, remaining a lay brother until the age of 110. Dedicated to begging and serving the...

Tempted between profit and gift Readings: Gen 2:7-9; 3:1-7; Rom 5:12-19; ​​Mt 4:1-11 The doctrine of “original sin” alluded to in today’s first two readings (Gen 2:7-9; 3:1-7; Rom 5:12-19) reveals to us the drama of human sin, the effects of which transcend the individual act and, through mysterious solidarity, negatively involve all men and creation itself (Rom 8:20-21); and each of us enters, at birth, into a world already marked by the sin of others: “original sin means sin prior to the freedom of the individual, who finds himself objectively marked by it by the fact that he enters...

Floods in Morocco: Africa increasingly victim of climate change. Called to an ecological conversion. New waves of severe weather are expected in Morocco, just days after the deaths of at least four people and the preventive evacuation of over 150.000 residents. Authorities are trying to avoid a worsening human toll in the face of unusually torrential rains. After Mozambique, which was hit hard by severe flooding at the end of January, it is now Morocco's turn to face a major natural disaster. A seeming paradox for a country often associated more with drought than flooding. For several years, Morocco...

The appointment of a nun as a member of the Dicastery for Bishops, for spazio + spadoni, is a concrete sign of hope, of listening, and of a future. In a crucial body such as the one that accompanies the selection of new diocesan pastors, the presence of a woman religious not only enriches the decision-making process with a different perspective, but also indicates a Church increasingly attentive to the voices of women who, for centuries, have been marginalized in ecclesial governance responsibilities. Sister Brambilla, former Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, brings with her...