Father Anthony Fogliani died Friday, August 26, 2011 at the age of 66 years old. He had been hospitalized because of of stroke and heart problems. He entered the Xaverian Missionaries in 1964 and became a brother, teaching in the technical school of Kulhna, Bangladesh. In 1978 he decided...

The following is the statement of the Holy See for our brother and sister Muslims as they approach the end of Ramadan.On the occasion of the end of Ramadan (‘Id al-Fitr 1432 H. / 2011 A.D.) ROME Dear Muslim friends, 1. The end of the month of Ramadan offers...

The following is the statement of the Holy See for our brother and sister Muslims as they approach the end of Ramadan.On the occasion of the end of Ramadan (‘Id al-Fitr 1432 H. / 2011 A.D.) ROME Dear Muslim friends, 1. The end of the month of Ramadan offers...

Fr. Mark Marangone, who recently joined our community in Milwaukee, came from many years of service in our parish in Bogota, Colombia. In his place, Fr. Leonardo Raffaini recently arrived at the parish after serving in the work of encouraging missionary life in Italy. Here is what Fr. Rafaini...

Fr. Luigi Arnoldi was a passenger in a car with a friend and his wife, driving up a mountain road in Italy. His friend, who was driving, reached a curve and veered off the road, falling several meters before being caught by the trees below. Both Fr. Arnoldi and...

On the 16th of August World Youth Day will begin with over 400,000 young people slated to attend. But the week before this activities will have already begun. Students from Fordham University. Thirty-Eight members of the Fordham community head to Spain Aug. 4 for a three-week pilgrimage in the...

By Michael HillHunger and the threat of malnutrition are becoming the daily reality for millions of people in East Africa. A lack of rainfall and rising food prices are increasingly straining their food supply, Catholic Relief Services staff members in the region are reporting. “Rains last fall failed completely,”...

1st Mass of Fr. Santaniez in Sierra Leone, Africa, a set on Flickr. Fr. Patrick Santaniez, the first Filipino to be ordained a priest returned to Sierra Leone, Africa recently where he celebrated his first mass with the people. Joven, a Xaverian student from the Philippines begins a two...

Dear Friends, Superiors of the Xaverian Missionaries, gathered from eighteen countries worldwide, came together in Tavernerio Italy, near Milan to look at the global situation of the mission efforts of the congregation. At the writing of this blog we have come to the half way mark of our meeting,...

Out of Cordoba is a documentary film, directed by Jacob Bender and produced by Mr. Bender and MLK Producciones of Malaga, Spain, that explores some of the most vexing questions of our time: Is there a “clash of civilizations” between the West and the Islamic world? Are Jews and...