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Abolishing the myths about Opus Dei

Wlodzimierz Redzioch talks to Manuel Sánchez, in charge of relations with the international press, the Opus Dei's press office.

True face of Opus Dei

Wlodzimierz Redzioch talks to Bishop Javiere Echevarría, the Prelate of Opus Dei.

Apart from encouraging to regular prayer and deep sacramental life the message of Opus Dei focuses on work that can become a method of sanctification and encounter with Christ. Opus Dei will celebrate its 80th anniversary next year. »

Madonna statue cried tears in Nizankowice

Katarzyna Woynarowska

Over two years ago the statue of the Mother of God in Nizankowice, which had been brought by some Polish pilgrims 15 years earlier, cried tears. The church in Nizankowice was changed into a stable and pigsty by the communists. The wailing Madonna draws pilgrims from all over the world. Cardinal Marian Jaworski changed the church in Nizankowice into a Marian shrine. »

Deliver us from evil

Wlodzimierz Redzioch talks to Archbishop Angelo Amato, SDB, Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

Evil has many names and that's why discernment is very important, to know what evil is according to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, since this will enable us to reject it. »

Who does not want the beautification of Pius XII?

Wlodzimierz Redzioch talks to Fr Peter Gumpel, SJ, relator for the cause of Pius XII.

The process of beautification of Pope Pius XII, which has lasted 40 years, evokes many controversies because of the 'black legend' surrounding this figure. »

The presence and future of the Church

Wlodzimierz Redzioch talks to Cardinal Cláudio Hummes, Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy, former Archbishop of Sao Paulo, Brazil, about the Church in Latin America.

The challenges the Church faces today are connected with the spreading of the new post-modernistic culture, its features being secularism, laicism, agnosticism of the intelligentsia, relativism and religious pluralism. »

Following the Lord

Fr Pawel Rozpiatkowski

Several years ago the countries of the Old Continent and the United States dominated on the map of religious vocations. Today increase in priestly vocations is mainly observed in South American and African countries. Fortunately, in Poland we still see an increase in diocesan and religious priestly vocations. »

John Paul II and the Divine Mercy

Elzbieta Krawczyk

The Holy Father John Paul II was a great worshipper of the Divine Mercy. It was in his youth that his fate was connected with the place of this devotion on the Lagiewniki hill. Then he returned to the cloister of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy, to which Sr Faustina had belonged, many times as a priest, cardinal and pope. »

In the Pauline novitiate

Anna Wyszynska

What are the ways of vocations? What factors decide that candidates come to religious congregations every year in order to enter the road leading to religious vows? Who and how helps them to discern their callings? Another article in the pastoral year dedicated to vocations. »

Trace of Cardinal Mindszenty in a Vienna hospital

Fr Florian

On 25 November 2006 a bust of Cardinal Jozsef Mindszenty was unveiled in the hall of the Vienna hospital run by the Hospitaller Brothers of St John of God. Cardinal Mindszenty died in this hospital in 1975. The Primate of Hungary Cardinal Péter Erdo started the beatification process of the Cardinal and Martyr. »

He learnt courage from John Paul II

Wlodzimierz Redzioch talks to Cardinal Péter Erdo, Primate of Hungary.

The Primate of Hungary was elected President of the Council of European Bishops' Conferences (CCEE), which consists of 34 Episcopal Conferences. He will be responsible for the work of the Council in the changing Europe. »

Asia Minor - ancient Christian land

Wlodzimierz Redzioch talks to Fr Egidio Picucci, OFMCap, the director of the missionary paper 'Continenti', published by the Italian Capuchins, and an expert in Turkey and its history.

On the occasion of the Feast of St Andrew the Apostle, Benedict XVI is going to Turkey; this is his first visit to Asia. »

Turkey in the 20th century

Wlodzimierz Redzioch

After World War I the Ottoman Empire collapsed, which concluded with the birth of the Republic of Turkey. Although its charismatic leader Atatürk created a secular state he based it on the nationalistic ideology, making Islam the national religion. There was no place for Christians and other religions. Today Turkey aspires to join the European Union. »

Christians in the Osmanic Empire

Wlodzimierz Redzioch

Muhammad awarded the status of 'protected people' to Christians. In fact, Christians were tolerated, were free to practice their religion and keep their traditions. However, they had a lower social and legal position in the Muslim society. The tolerance of the sultans and Christians' contacts with Europe made Christians the best-educated social group in the empire. »

Polish Cardinal became parish priest in Rome

Wlodzimierz Redzioch

Every cardinal is given a deaconry or titular church in Rome, symbolising his ties with the diocese of the Pope. On 24 October, Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz took symbolic possession of his titular Church of Maria del Popolo. »

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