Opus Dei

As the arrival date of the Pope to Kenya draws closer, the preparations and excitement has gathered momentum. The media has played a big role with daily articles in the newspapers and different programmes in the local TV stations. The whole country is in expectation of receiving Pope Francis.

Links to addresses and homilies during Pope Francis' 5-day apostolic visit to Kenya, Uganda and the Central African Republic.

A brief video made by Strathmore University students to welcome Pope Francis to Kenya for his 25-30 November apostolic visit to Africa.

The Prelate is making very good progress in recovering from the surgery on his spinal column that took place on November 10 at the University of Navarra Hospital in Pamplona, Spain.

Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin gave the homily at the Mass opening the academic year at the Rome Campus Bio-medico, "which has become a landmark for many families," he said.

The surgery on his spinal column, which lasted almost five hours, took place at the University of Navarra Hospital in Pamplona, Spain.

In his November 4 general audience, Pope Francis spoke about the importance of forgiving others in the context of the family: "it is precisely in receiving forgiveness from God that we in turn are capable of forgiving others."

Pope Francis celebrated Mass on All Saints Day in Rome's biggest municipal cemetery, Campo Verano.

The November Leaflet is now available for "iPray with the Gospel," a new resource to help young people grow in their prayer life.

Olivia and Thimothée have seven children and live in a small village in France. They have welcomed a family of Iraqi Christians into their home: Bassam and Raghad, with their three children aged 9, 7 and 3 years old, who were forced to flee Karakoch in August.