The real seat of listening is the heart. King Solomon, although very young, proved wise because he asked the Lord to grant him "a listening heart". And Saint Augustine invites us to listen with the heart (corde audire), to receive the words not externally in our ears, but spiritually in our hearts: Do not have your heart in your ears, but your ears in your heart. Catechesis on social communications, with Fr. Marcel Ranivomanalina.

We all have ears, but often even the one with perfect hearing cannot listen to the other. There is in fact an inner deafness, worse than physical deafness. Listening, in fact, does not only concern the sense of hearing, but the whole person. Catechesis on social communications, with Fr. Marcel Ranivomanalina.

Only by being careful who we listen to, what we listen to, and how we listen, can we grow in the art of communication, the center of which is not a theory or a technique, but the "capacity of the heart which makes closeness possible". Catechesis on social communications, with Fr. Marcel Ranivomanalina.

This is why Jesus calls his disciples to check the quality of their listening. “So be careful how you listen, for to him who has, it will be given to him; and from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken from him”. social communications, with Fr. Marcel Ranivomanalina.

Diocese of Miarinarivo

Pope Francis has accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Diocese of Miarinarivo, presented by H.E. Mgr Jean Claude Randrianarisoa. At the same time, the Supreme Pontiff has appointed H.E. Mgr Marie Fabien Raharilamboniaina, as Apostolic Admnistrator sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of the same Diocese.

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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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