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Ukrainian Orthodoxy: out of Moscow
After more than three centuries of dependence on the Moscow Patriarchate, even the pro-Russian Ukrainian Orthodox Church has decided to cut its relations with the Russian Patriarchate completely off.
Final Message of the II Encounter of Social Pastoral
On May 16 and 17, 2022, the II Dehonian Social Pastoral Meeting took place in Alfragide, convened by the Provincial Superior of the Portuguese Province of the Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and prepared and coordinated by the Provincial Commission for Justice and Peace and Integrity of Creation
Horn of Africa: “Collateral Victims of War”
It is not only civilians who are the victims of war; in war everyone loses, even the victors.
From Jewish Easter to Christian Easter
Passover changed its content with the resurrection of Christ. Previously, it meant the passage from slavery to the liberation of the Jewish people, but among Christians it became synonymous with the resurrection of Christ.
More on the General Conference…
Two months have passed since the IX General Conference. Some notes from the Dehonian family.
Mediation: the old logic of power
The Vatican again expressed its openness to mediation with a prior agreement on a cease-fire, but there was no response from Russia. The Apostolic Nuncio in Kiev, the Lithuanian Visvaldas Kulbokas, said: "To negotiate, it is necessary to get out of the political-military scheme that leads nowhere; it would be easier if the Catholic and Orthodox Churches joined their efforts for this mediation".
Final Message of the IX General Conference
Final Message of the IX General Conference to the SCJ Congregation and the Dehonian Family.
Ukraine: Putin, Cyril and the vassals
The expansionist model of Putin's Russia and the refusal of the Orthodox Church in Moscow to characterize the military aggression against Ukraine.
In the desert I will speak to your heart
In the season of Lent it is useful to retrace, together with the protagonists of the biblical narrative, the impervious and solitary paths of the deserts of the Land of the Holy to draw nourishment for our spiritual life.
Wilmer: attack on the European project
The president of Pax Christi in Germany, Heiner Wilmer, Dehonian bishop of Hildesheim, called Russia's military invasion of Ukraine "an evident vulnus of international law and an attack on the European project".
The Lord hears the cry of the poor
Scripture reflection February 17th (Mk 8:27-33)
