“Believing without seeing”: the thought of Sunday

The liturgy of the Second Sunday of Easter effectively shows us that only community life educates to the courage of witness; vice versa, individual isolation generates doubts. Being together, sharing hopes and choices, helps to overcome uncertainties and torments and produces hope and faith: an isolated and restless interrogation can…...

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“Repent”: the thought of Sunday

Third Sunday of Lent. The Lord wants our conversion! The misfortunes mentioned in today’s liturgy are warnings, recalling the duty of conversion, with its fruits. The time that the Lord leaves to each one, as for the fig tree of the parable, is precisely because we do not continue to…...

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The peregrinatio of the relic of Giuseppe Moscati concluded

On Sunday 17 March the Peregrinatio of the relic of Giuseppe Moscati in Monte Sant’Angelo ended. An event that recalled the presence and participation of many faithful, who were able to “follow” the Neapolitan saint in prayer and deepening in the various city parishes. The contribution of the Jesuit Father…...

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Maintenance works

From 18 to 21 February the Archangel Cave will remain closed to the faithful: floor maintenance work will prevent access. Therefore, in these days the celebrations of the morning praises, of the Holy Masses and of the Chaplet of Divine Mercy will take place in the Church of the Madonna della Libera.…...

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Welcome … in the City of the Archangel

On Sunday 3 February the ecclesial and civil community of Monte Sant’Angelo welcomed the new Archbishop. A very large crowd invaded the central square of the city, first, and the Basilica of the Archangel, then, to demonstrate and address the warm welcome to Mons. Franco Moscone. The moment of greetings…...

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Maintenance works

From Monday 4 to Thursday 7 February the Archangel Cave will remain closed to the faithful: floor maintenance work will prevent access. Therefore, in these days the celebrations of the morning praises, of the Holy Masses and of the Chaplet of Divine Mercy will take place in the Church of…...

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Entry into the Diocese

After receiving episcopal ordination, on 26 January Monsignor Franco Moscone will begin his pastoral ministry in the Diocese of Manfredonia – Vieste – San Giovanni Rotondo. The new Archbishop will be welcomed at the Basilica of S. Maria di Siponto by the Chapter of the Cathedral of Manfredonia, by that…...

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Monuments looking for an actor: the video

Can monuments be able to speak? This is what the project “Monuments in search of an actor” aims for: a calendar of events aimed at discovering the spiritual and historical messages that preserve the “stones” of the centuries-old monuments of the City of the Archangel through music and prose. Sunday,…...

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Word of God among us: the thought of Sunday

The liturgy of the third Sunday of ordinary time presents Jesus as the Word of God in the midst of the world. St. Luke, after specifying the reasons for writing the Gospel, presents the discourse of Jesus, in the synagogue of Nazareth: He is the Messiah, sent by God and…...

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Episcopum!

On the afternoon of 12 January Fr. Franco Moscone received the episcopal consecration for the laying on of hands of Bishop Marco Brunetti, bishop of Alba, Msgr. Andrzej Suski, bishop emeritus of Torun (Poland), and of Msgr. Donato Negro, Archbishop of Otranto and president of the Apulian Episcopal Conference. Numerous…...

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