Category: Saint of the day
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11 August - St. Clare, born Chiara Offreduccio di Favarone in Assisi on 16 July 1194. According to the acts of her canonization process, Clare Offreduccio di Favarone is the daughter of Favarone, probably of the noble line of the Counts of Coccorano.

Category: Deepening faith
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Faith is accepting and doing what is considered right. Spiritually, it is a faithful receipt and acceptance of God and his word, his actions and his promises: invisible to the eye, incomprehensible but felt to exist and to be true. Catechesis on faith, with Fr. Rakotomanantsoa Jean Louis.

Category: Gospel
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Thursday, 11th August, 2022 — Nineteenth week in Ordinary Time — Let your countenance shine upon your servant and teach me your statutes — Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 18, 21 — 19, 1

Category: Saint of the day
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10 August - St. Lawrence of Rome is said to have been born around 210 or 220 in Huesca, Spain. His father's name is Orence, and his mother's name is Patience. In order to complete his humanistic and liturgical studies, he was sent to Zaragoza, where he met the future Pope Sixtus II.

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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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