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Pope Leo in ‘Dilexi te’: Faith cannot be separated from love for the poor Taking up Pope Francis’ desire “that all Christians come to appreciate the close connection between Christ’s love and His summons to care for the poor,” Pope Leo XIV issues his first Apostolic Exhortation, “Dilexi te,” as a call to Christ’s disciples…

World Day Against the Death Penalty On October 10, 2025 the World Day Against the Death Penalty will be dedicated to challenging the misconception that the death penalty can make people and communities safer. Security is commonly understood as freedom from danger or threat. The determination of who are considered threats, and who are to…

“I am convinced that men hate each other because they fear each other. They fear each other because they don’t know each other, and they don’t know each other because they don’t communicate with each other, and they don’t communicate with each other because they are separated from each other.” -Martin Luther King, Address at…

Felicjanki czyli siostry szczęścia Nasze życie jest natchnione przez charyzmat Założycielki bł. Marii Angeli – Zofii Truszkowskiej. Jej bezgraniczna miłość Boga objawiała się w całkowitym poddaniu się Jego woli, czego wyrazem była współczująca miłość i miłosierdzie, ofiarna służba potrzebującym i troska o zbawienie wszystkich ludzi.

Our Lady of the Rosary This feast was instituted by Pope St. Pius V in thanksgiving for the great naval victory over the Turks at the battle of Lepanto on this day in the year 1570, a favor due to the recitation of the Rosary. This victory saved Europe from being overrun by the forces…

1. The common life is very difficult but also most beneficial, for that life shows us what we are, what we lack, what virtues we must practice. (I, 31) 2. May Saint Felix be the guardian of your vows, may he obtain for you the virtues of humility and simplicity, and may your Guardian Angel…

1. Practice love of neighbor by being amiable and in general doing good to others. In order to acquire this virtue, make a meditation about the love of neighbor, do a lot of reading on this topic, and make an examination of conscience; do this for a whole month. (III, 108) 2. I need not…

St. Rose of Lima was a lay woman who was a Dominican Tertiary in the 17th century in Lima, Peru. She was the first canonized saint of the New World. She spent years supporting her family with sewing and gardening. She served the poor and needy, which was the beginning of social service in Peru….