The appeal is addressed to parents, teachers and educators; don't leave our young people to live alone in ignorance and doubt, but help them and listen to them. Abortion is now murder; don't indulge in this obscene behavior. Abortion can cost lives: for example, one in 25 women died during an abortion at the Befelatanana Maternity Hospital in 1997. Catechesis on abortion', with P. Sedera Joseph Rakotoarisoa.
March 11, 2024 — Monday, Fourth Week of Lent — Seek good and not evil so that you may live, and the LORD will be with you — Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John (Jn 4: 43-54)
The sacrament of reconciliation is penance, a sacrament that frees us from the sins of baptism. When Jesus said to the Apostles, "Receive the Holy Spirit, and the sins you forgive will be forgiven, and the sins you retain will be retained" was the first time Jesus Christ created penance. Absolving sins with penance is an absolution given by the priest. Absolution is forgiveness granted by the priest. There are steps to follow to receive the sacrament of penance: self-examination, self-accusation, going to the priest to confess sins, accomplishing the work of atonement...
The best gift in marriage is children. Children are not a right but a gift. Children cannot be considered personal property, as this would lead to the assertion that it is a right to have children. God created men and women to fill the earth, to be numerous and multiply. Catechesis on abortion', with P. Sedera Joseph Rakotoarisoa.
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?’....
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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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