Six Dehonian Communities Gather in Bologna in the Lenten Desert 2026
How can the aridity of suffering be transformed into a creative experience of love? It was around this question, guided by the figure of St. John of the Cross, that the communities of Bologna and Modena experienced their 2026 Lenten recollection.
The Ashes
Marked by the symbol of the ashes, Father Dehon, in his Ash Wednesday meditation, confronts us with our fragility to better call us to a penance of the heart and an outpouring of love toward the Sacred Heart. An essential guide for a holy beginning to the forty days of Lent.
Lenten Penance and the Synodal Journey
Messaggio of Pope Francis for Lent
The meaning of Lent
For the Church, the most important celebration of the year is Easter. That is why there is an extraordinary time of preparation that takes forty days. It is a period of forty days that begins with Ash Wednesday and ends with Palm Sunday.
Religious men and women of France react to sexual abuse in the French Church
300 major superiors from France gathered in Lourdes in an atmosphere of penitence and reflection on the abuses in the French Church. Today, religious life in France is still vital.
The Theological Contribution of Father Joseph Famerée, scj
Academic tribute at the Catholic University of Louvain, on the occasion of the emeritus of Father Joseph Famerée, scj. He made ecumenism and the theology of Vatican II the heart of his ecclesiological thought.
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