Pope Francis: Homily for the Assumption
On Friday, August 15, Pope Francis celebrated his first public Mass during his 5-day visit to South Korea, in the World Cup Stadium in Daejeon.
"Exalted above all creatures"
August 15 is the feast of the Assumption of our Lady, who considered herself the least among the Lord’s poor, and finds herself crowned as Queen and Lady of the whole universe.
Interior Quiet in the Digital Age
Faced with all the "noise" of the new technologies, we need to foster the interior quiet that enables us to hear the voice of the Holy Spirit in our soul. A new article on Christian life.
"People here are always giving thanks"
Isabel Covarrubias, a teacher from Santiago, Chile, is spending this semester helping out at Kimlea Technical Training Centre in Kenya.
Kimlea Technical Training Centre
Near Nairobi, Kenya, Kimlea began in 1989 under the encouragement of Bishop Alvaro del Portillo. To date about 12,000 women have benefited, most of them young girls working on the tea and coffee plantations.
Letter from the Prelate (August 2014)
The Prelate invites us to struggle to win out in all the battles of the interior life, in order to ensure that we win the "last battle."
The Prelate in Costa Rica and Nicaragua
From July 28 to August 3, as part of his pastoral trip to 6 countries in Central America, Bishop Echevarria visited Nicaragua and Costa Rica and met with thousands of people.
News about the Beatification through WhatsApp
It is now possible to receive the latest news and information about the beatification of Alvaro del Portillo through WhatsApp.
John Paul II and illness: God's caress
Bishop Alvaro recalls John Paul II’s hospital stay after the assassination attempt in 1981, and says that illness is a caress from God.
Interior life
Bishop del Portillo explains to a young deaf woman that sickness is an opportunity to have a deeper interior life.