Editorial

I HAD been ordained a priest for just over a year when, at the end of 1985, I was sent to our friary in Como, in northern Italy, to help my fellow friars during the Christmas celebrations...

TWO days ago I went to see a Christmas play called Empty Hands in the company of a woman who works with me at the Messenger of Saint Anthony...

ROCK climbing, of the type you see in this photo, will always be an impossible dream for me. This is not because I’m afraid of heights, but because I’m out of training, and my physical condition, partly due to my age, leaves a great deal to be desired...

THE BASILICA of Saint Anthony in Istanbul, known as Sent Antuan Kilisesi, is the largest Catholic church in the most populated city in Turkey...

THE COMMON perception in our society is that about 40 to 50 percent of all marriages end in divorce...

MANY years ago, when I was still living with my parents and studying Modern Languages and Literatures at the University of Padua...