Jeanie Hannaman

By Msgr. Charles Pope - All of the readings in this Sunday’s Mass speak of human desire. In the first reading, the Israelites in the desert are hungry, so are the people by the lakeside with Jesus in the Gospel reading, and in the Epistle, St. Paul warns of deceitful desires. In all these passages, God teaches us that our desires are ultimately directed to Him, who alone can truly satisfy us. Why is this? Because our desires are infinite, and thus a finite world cannot satisfy them.

By Christine Wohar, Catholic Exchange - Although peace was a recurring theme in letters written by Pier Giorgio, and clearly his preference, he was never hesitant to participate in large processions and demonstrations, which sometimes turned violent and, on occasion, ended with his arrest. He boasted about the fact that he had “always been opposed to this party, made up of a union of delinquents or thieves or assassins or idiots, in short today’s Fascism.”