People have many basic needs if they are to develop as fully-fledged individuals: needs for self-fulfilment, needs for esteem (self-confidence and self-respect, recognition, etc.), needs for belonging and love, needs for security, physiological needs (food, etc.). However, one of these needs has not yet been met: the fundamentals of "food, shelter and security". Catechesis on the Church, the family and development, in collaboration with Fr Bertrand Ratovoalinirina.

The attitude of the ancients who said "Those who are only like their fathers and mothers are fools" is to feel the desire and interest to develop or improve. For many years since the 1980s, people have been moving to the big cities because they say there are jobs there and it's easy to make money, but that's not the case. Catechesis on the Church, the family and development, in collaboration with Fr Bertrand Ratovoalinirina.

Christians are both citizens of earth and citizens of heaven; she cannot underestimate these two qualities. Two points are important in the family, in the Church and in political affairs: firstly, the union of husband and wife is the foundation of the family; secondly, it is not the Church's view to manage public affairs without taking the family into account. Catechesis on the Church, the family and politics, in collaboration with P. Abdon Rafidison.

Faced with the rise of religious and interfaith services mixed up with political processes since 1991, the Bishops' Standing Commission issued a statement on February 24, 1995: Interfaith prayer is not intended to support a political ideology, whatever its name and whatever its significance in the nation's history. Catechesis on the Church, the Family and Politics, in collaboration with P. Abdon Rafidison.

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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