Message from Ms Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO on the occasion of the World Radio Day We are living a revolution in how we share and access information – and, yet, in the midst of deep change, radio has never been so dynamic, engaging and important. This is UNESCO’s message […]
2nd Sunday of the Year, A
Being a witness can be a duty and it sometimes becomes an obligation that cannot be avoided. It can be a pleasant task as it is to act as witnesses to the commitment of two people getting married. It can be a painful experience to retell the details of an […]
2nd Sunday of Advent, A
The Bible speaks of God in so many ways. It describes his qualities and relates his actions. It also tells of his wishes for us, human beings. Often too, it speaks of his future interventions. All this in a language which is not abstract but quite vivid, one could almost […]
Palm Sunday, C
Some years before, they had come to make him king. It was after the multiplication of the loaves. Imagine someone feeding a huge crowd with 5 loaves and two fish – this is the kind of king they wanted, the kind of king they needed. With him the social problems […]
4th Sunday of the Year, C
Waiting at the bus station the other day, I overheard a woman telling another: « Oh, my son Simon is really ambitious! » To which the second woman replied: ‘Well, this can be good sometimes, but at other times… not so good… » The bus arrived as the proud mother of Simon kept […]