straight away for his interest in the study of Sacred Scripture and for his love of the poor, to the point of selling books, that in his time were a very valuable asset, in order to support famine victims [...] despised matter as coming from the principle of evil. They even refused marriage, and went to the point of denying the Incarnation of Christ and the sacraments in which the Lord "touches" us through matter [...] benefit of the whole Church. Dominic was canonized in 1234 and it is he himself who, with his holiness, points out to us two indispensable means for making apostolic action effective. - In the very first place

with the signs of his Passion for man's sake: Passio Christi. Passio hominis. … We have all, at some point, felt the frightening sensation of abandonment , and that is what we fear most about death, just as

set an example for the consecration of nations: "All sin is personal from a certain point of view, and from another point of view, all sin is social in that, and because, it also has social consequences

double "yes" which resulted in the Incarnation. The Lord's answer points to this point of profound unity. It is precisely to this that he points his Mother. Here, in their common "yes" to the will of the Father [...] need to learn always anew how to progress towards this point; there we will find the answer to our questions. If we take this as our starting-point, we can now also understand the second part of Jesus' [...] Why doesn't he say: "Mother"? But this title really expresses Mary's place in salvation history. It points to the future, to the hour of the crucifixion, when Jesus will say to her: "Woman, behold your son

starting-point. His gospel could not have manifested such depth without the blessed Mother’s influence. St. Luke too learned much from Mary as the infancy-description in his gospel shows to the point that

is no mediation possible, therefore it is useless to pray with Mary! This is the first important point when considering the question of "Mary in Islam." -2- The fact that Islam rejected Christ also changes [...] Mary is not venerated as Mother of God, nor as Mother of the Redeemer. This is the second important point. The close study of Sura 19 shows significant differences with the Annunciation according to the Gospel

sanctuaries, was a thriving Christendom! The Arab invasions of the 7 th century constitute a turning point in Africa’s religious history. From that time on, Islam increasingly forced its way into the northern [...] but more and more often African nuns and priests have joined in to relieving the Church – to the point that today, even France is asking African priests to come and re-evangelize its parishes! One understands

thinkers, both saints and other people of great ability, been as influential as in that culminating point of the Middle Ages. It is the century of such brilliant Doctors of the Church as St Albert the Great [...] Virgin: King Louis IX (St Louis of France), St Elizabeth of Portugal, St Bridget of Sweden... At this point we reach the 14th century, the century of St Nicholas Cabasilas, a great theologian and Orthodox monk

brief exposition of the facts, in which the Bishop primarily establishes some historical reference points, then he presents the elements of the message and finally he shows how the apparitions of Kibeho [...] that the dossier is ready and so the moment has come to publish the conclusions, summed up in 16 points. We mention here some statements that govern the rest of the document. The Bishop declared as follows: [...] regard to them and discouraged ecclesiastical authorities from proposing them to the faithful as points of reference. 3. In the evaluation of the facts and the messages, only the public apparitions are

these flowers concealed extremely sharp thorns, to the point that my feet began to bleed. After taking a few steps, I had to turn back. “At this point I need shoes,” I told my guide. “Of course,” she replied