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…...
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…...
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.…...
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…...
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…...
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,…...
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…...
Peregrinatio for images
The Peregrinatio of the statue and the sword of the Archangel is increasingly taking on the connotations of a special event that mobilizes thousands of faithful and, above all, conveys the Michaelic message of fidelity to God against the assaults of evil. Within a month the Prince’s statue visited two…...