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Tutto pronto a Limiti di Greccio per “E-venti di prima estate” 1 Minuto di Lettura Sabato 26 Giugno 2021, 16:09 RIETI - LAmministrazione Comunale di Greccio, con il contributo della Regione Lazio, nellambito degli Eventi delle Meraviglie, ha organizzato, in collaborazione con alcune attività ristorative locali,  liniziativa:" E-venti di prima estate". Dopo un lungo periodo in cui tante attività economiche, soprattutto quelle legate alla ristorazione, hanno patito, a causa della pandemia...

“We invite the community as a whole to share in the celebration of the 150th Anniversary of St. Francis Catholic Church, and together recall the manifold blessings God has bestowed on our community over the years," Father Michael Garry stated.

Vatican City, Mar 17, 2019 / 06:15 am (CNA).- Pope Francis called for gestures of peace to oppose hatred and violence Sunday in the wake of attacks on two mosques in New Zealand. “To the grief for the wars and the conflicts that continue to afflict humanity, we have added that for the victims of the horrible attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand,” Pope Francis said March 17. The pope asked all gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the Sunday Angelus prayer to join him in a momen...

Better days ahead – Duterte Alexis Romero © Krizjohn Rosales, file Better days ahead – Duterte MANILA, Philippines — President Duterte praised the “indomitable spirit” of Filipinos in his Christmas message and urged them to remain hopeful as there are “better days ahead” despite the challenges confronting the Philippines this year. Duterte noted that 2020 has been a trying time for all Filipinos and that many lives have been lost and changed forever because of t...

Rome Newsroom, Dec 23, 2020 / 11:00 am (CNA).- The first known nativity scene figurines are on display this Christmas in one of Rome’s oldest basilicas. The underground Chapel of the Nativity in the Basilica of St. Mary Major — known to Italians as Santa Maria Maggiore — once contained at least six marble nativity statues sculpted by Arnolfo di Cambio in the late 13th century. From Dec. 22, the public will be able to view these nativity figurines in the Marian basilica’s Sistine chapel,...

After months of isolation, a ‘hug room’ lets Italian nursing home residents touch family for the first time Chico Harlan, Stefano Pitrelli © Geraldine Hope Ghelli/for The Washington Post Giano Zagaglioli reaches out to his granddaughter through the plexiglass at Villa del Sole in Greccio, Italy. GRECCIO, Italy— It had been nine months since the nursing home closed itself off to visitors, and the director sensed the toll of isolation was getting "worse and worse." Ther...

Medieval Christmas Existing elements of pagan midwinter rites fused with the developing theology of Christmas in an appeal to the senses of both sacred and lay. As the European winter deepens the course of the sun gets nearer the southern horizon until it seems to stand still for a few days, before slowly rising again to usher in the spring. Ancient peoples were of course aware of this phenomenon and the Romans, from their words for sun and stand still, called it solstitium, source of...

My dere sone, mine sweting by 18 December 2020 Timothy Larsen Madonna with the infant Jesus among Saint Francis of Assisi and Saint Clare, Pavia, c.1400 FOR medieval theologians, the joy of Christmas lay in its celebration of the incarnation: God’s taking human form for the salvation of humanity. In the seventh century, Isidore of Seville explained Christmas’s importance in terms of John 1.14, the Gospel reading for the Third Mass: �...

2020 Vatican nativity display draws comparisons to ‘Star Wars’ scene By Catherine Park 2020 Vatican nativity scene inauguration Inauguration of the Nativity scene and lighting of the Christmas tree in the Vatican on Dec. 11. 2020. (Credit: Vatican News via Storyful) The Vatican’s 2020 nativity scene, which has been different every year for the past decade, was unveiled on Dec. 11. Since then, it has drawn mixed reactions on social media, with some critics thrown by its futuristic...

The nativity set is alive and well, whatever you think of the Vatican’s Dec 13, 2020 editor A doctor and a nurse holding the Italian peninsula are popular items in 2020 nativity sets in Naples shops. (Credit: Image courtesy fanpage.it.) If the Vatican isn’t actually where the action is in terms of the presepe, maybe we shouldn’t make such a fuss over whatever it chooses to put up every year. News Analysis ROME – For more than twenty years, no matter where travels may take me the rest of...