Editorial

Dear Friend, every August, I go to stay with a dear friend whom I have known for more than forty-five years for my two-week vacation. There is always a small room waiting for me in his home. Simple, quiet, familiar… but filled with the warmth of a friendship that has endured through the years...

Dear friend, two or three times a year, I have the grace of traveling around the world carrying the relics of Saint Anthony, so that those who are devoted to his intercession might encounter him more closely. Wherever I go, I meet people whose faith is sincere and deeply touching, often expressed in simple yet meaningful ways...

Dear friend, as May begins, I cannot help but think of what happened just over a hundred years ago in Fatima. I am sure you know the story, yet allow me to recall it with you...

Dear Friend, this April issue reaches you as Easter draws near. The feast of feasts – the Resurrection of Christ – reminds us that life is stronger than death, and that hope can return even when everything seems lost...

DEAR Friend, as March arrives, bringing with it longer days and a gentler light, I find myself pausing for a moment. There is something about this time of year that invites reflection. Nature slowly awakens, and almost without noticing it, we too are encouraged to look again at our own lives with fresh eyes...

Dear Friend, when I was a child, my two brothers and I often visited our grandmother Rosina who lived in the very heart of Padua. Her home stood just a few steps from the Palazzo della Ragione, the great civic and judicial hall that has stood over the city since the early 1200s...