The vocation of a priest is not a livelihood, but requires "service skills": the ability to "accept", to master the will to accept service, that is, to love the people of God. Catechesis on vocational discernment, with Fr. Rakotondramanana Soloniaina Jean Emilien.

The difference of confession between the spouses does not constitute an insurmountable obstacle for marriage, when they manage to put in common what each of them has received in his community, and to learn from each other the way in which each one lives his fidelity to Christ. Teaching on Christian marriage with Fr Randriamanamahenina Robert Marie.

SOAMIARADIA has done its best to promote rural development in the Vakinakaratra region. An organization that will celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2022.

Know that good health is better than gold. An active body is better than inexhaustible wealth (Ecclesiastes 30, 15b). Better is a healthy and vigorous poor man than a wealthy man who is tried in his body. We have to be able to make good judgments about the health impacts of everything we do.

Message from the Bishops at the end of the Pilgrimage

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, You who have come in such large numbers to take part in this national pilgrimage, as well as all of you who are following it from home through the media. We, the bishops of Madagascar, would like to express our deep gratitude to you for having responded to our invitation and for having brought this jubilee initiated by Pope Francis to life spiritually. With you, we take up Mary's song: ‘My soul exalts the Lord’ and we repeat with her: ‘What shall I repay the Lord for all the good he has done me?’....

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Love and Salvation

Christmas is a great joy, because it is the love of God that has come to us, proclaims Fr. Bizimana Innocent, Provincial Superior of the Salesians Don Bosco of Madagascar and Mauritius, presenting his Christmas greetings. Salvation is accomplished, so life is not in danger of disappearing. It is this love and this salvation that we wish to fill our life so that we have peace.

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Zatti, our brother

The short film "Zatti, our brother" (Argentina, 2020) focuses on one of the most difficult episodes of his life. We are in Viedma, in 1941: at the age of 60, Zatti is forced to leave the hospital he has attended for decades. His faith and strength are tested.

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