More than a hundred years have passed since American Father Paul James Francis Wattson proposed dedicating, each year, the Week from January 18 to January 25 to prayer for the building of the visible unity of the Church. It was not the only initiative in this direction, so much so that in the southern hemisphere they still prefer to celebrate this Week around Pentecost...
Abuna Ibrahim Faltas, a Franciscan friar, was born in Alexandria, Egypt, in 1964 and was ordained a priest in 1992. He is a member of the Custody of the Holy Land. He currently lives in Jerusalem. He is director of schools of the Custody of the Holy Land, counselor of the Custody itself, director of Casa Nova in Jerusalem and member of the John Paul II Foundation of which he was one of the founders....
The Maronite Church has a long tradition behind it since its foundation dates back to the first centuries of Christianity; in fact, it owes its name to St. Maron, who lived in the late fourth and early fifth centuries, linked to the Patriarchate of Antioch, and committed to a profoundly evangelical way of life that prompted him and his immediate followers to take a stand in the Christological controversies on which the Ecumenical Council of Chalcedon (451) intervened, establishing the dual nature in one person. From Maron's legacy thus began a tradition that, even before the arrival of the Muslims, with the conquest of much of the Byzantine Empire, had to face persecution and pressure from local communities that refused to recognize the Council of Chalcedon, so much so that the first Maronites were forced to move to the innermost parts of today's Lebanon....
John Paul II Foundation Day will be held at the Lorenese Theater - FORTEZZA DA BASSO...
John Paul II Foundation at Caritas diocesan convention for the 5th WORLD DAY OF THE POOR to talk about the Humanitarian Corridors project....
Florence 8/11/2021: The John Paul II Foundation and the International Focolare Movement welcome the appeal of the Apostolic Vicariate of Beirut of the Latins....
A presentation of the book THE CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, sponsored by the Res Magnae Association and the John Paul II Foundation, will be held on November 29, 2021, beginning at 4 p.m. at the Rectory of Santo Spirito in Sassia. ...
It will be held at the ISTL Russell-Newton Auditorium in Scandicci (FI) on November 12, 2021 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. the presentation of the project "Paths of coexistence and peace. Dialogues with schools" an initiative in partnership between the John Paul II Foundation, the Giorgio La Pira Foundation and the Regional School Office of Tuscany that will allow to promote, implement and support the implementation of training paths aimed at peace education, interculturality, interreligious dialogue and to foster "paths for transversal skills and orientation."....
These words were spoken by Simon son of Jonah in the region of Caesarea Philippi. Yes, he expressed them in his own language, with a deep, lived, heartfelt conviction, but they do not find their source, their source in him: "...
Florence 12/10/2021: A partnership that will make it possible to promote, implement and support the implementation of training courses aimed at peace education, interculturality, interreligious dialogue and to foster "pathways for transversal skills and orientation"....