“What are your plans for today?” – “To not die.” One of the young people connected to our brothers in Khmelnitski tells me that this phrase, laced with gallows humor, is often heard in Ukraine at the moment. Two contrasting sides repeatedly greet me in Ukraine: humor, warmth, and great kindness – but also profound sadness stemming from a chasm…
In the third phase of their digital preaching campaign, the #Influencersop called upon the intercession of Mary for life, peace, and justice in the world. The Blessed Virgin of the Rosary was the central theme of the third phase of the #Influencersop digital preaching campaign, “Voices of Hope for Peace,” held from October 7 to 18, the Month of the…
Interview with Sister Rosmery Castañeda Montoya, OP, who participated in the work of the Synod on Synodality. “Dominicanes in synodi coetu de synodalitate” “The contribution of women is fundamental for a Church that desires renewal in accordance with its origins”, declaresSister Rosmery Castañeda Montoya, OP, in the following interview granted to the media of Ordo Praedicatorum, Sr Rosemery, who participated in the Synod on Synodality, recalls the…
Interview with Brother Manuel Ángel Martínez Juan, OP, Master of Sacred Theology
An Interview with Fr. Thomas Joseph White, Master of Sacred Theology (Magister in Sacra Theologia) Fr Thomas Joseph White stresses the importance of Thomas Aquinas and the Thomistic tradition in the face the crucial challenges of theology today. The following interview was granted to the media of Ordo Praedicatorum. Father is the Rector Magnificus of the Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas (The Angelicum)…
An Interview with Fr. Vito Tomás Gómez García, OP, Master of Sacred Theology (Magister in Sacra Theologia) The degree of Master of Sacred Theology “is a great stimulus that obliges me to offer to the Order in the Church all my efforts, with the purpose of continuing to work for the sowing of the Gospel in society,” says Brother Vito…
Interview with Bro Timothy Radcliffe, OP, who preached the retreat for bishops from around the world participating in the Synod. “Many brothers are enthusiastic about synodality, but not all. Some see it as a waste of time. But we all have a duty to the Church to give it as much support as we honestly can. Open disagreement is fine.” Timothy…
13 March 2020 On March 6th, a delegation from the École Biblique of Jerusalem was received at the Institut de France by the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (AIBL) as part of the celebration of the centenary of the École’s recognition as an École archéologique française. The theme of the day was “The Taste of the Orient” (originaly, in French :…
The Philippines finally has a minor basilica in honor of the great preacher of grace, St Dominic. On 14 January 2023, a historic parish church first founded by the early Dominican missionaries in the Philippines was formally declared a minor basilica by decree of His Holiness Pope Francis. The parish church of St Dominic, located at the heart of San…
Biên Hòa 2019 A few days before the beginning of the elective General Chapter in the different communities of the Order, we pray for the smooth running of the celebration of the Chapter. The new Master of the Order who will be elected at the Chapter will hold this position for 9 years, as decided at the General Chapter of…
