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This Sunday, the Church will declare as blessed nine members of the Ulma family: Joseph and his wife Victoria, together with their seven children, including one unborn child. All of

From the beginning of the 4th century after Christ, when Christianity was permitted, the shape of churches, their decorations, and other elements, even their orientation, was dictated by one purpose:

When we enter the church, immediately our sight is directed to the high altar and a golden box in the center of the altar. This box which is made from

In the Gospel reading Jesus tells a parable which indicates that only a fourth of the scattered seeds comes up, but this small portion produces a bountiful harvest. The disciples

The Eucharist is “the source and summit of the Christian life” – as we read in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Paragraph No 1324. This is not an exaggeration.

“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.” – these are the words with which Jesus begins this Sunday’s Gospel. We know that we are called to love our

Alleluia! Happy Easter, Jesus is Risen! Yes, we can continue to use these words since we are still in the Easter Season until Sunday, May 28 – the Solemnity of

Alleluia, Brothers and Sisters! “If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain” (1 Cor 15:14). Pope Benedict XVI stresses that

“The Raising of Lazarus” – a Rembrandt van Rijn etching from the year 1632 made an overwhelming impression on me from the moment I first saw it in the book

I just returned from Poland – a very short visit but intensive and rich. The main reason for my trip was a Lenten retreat for priests in the Polish mountains