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"The industry of distraction flourishes and advertising paints an ideal world of a giant playground where everyone enjoys themselves. The dominant concept of life today does not have the center of gravity in activity and commitment but in evasion". "We need to reconcile ourselves to our own history". "True peace is not to change our personal history but to welcome it and enrich it".

Autocephaly means that the Ukrainian Orthodox will no longer have to depend on the jurisdiction of Moscow. The possibility of a schism is whispered. But this is unlikely: it is administrative and not dogmatic. The claim of primacy by Constantinople. Ethnophyletism, the disease of orthodoxy. An analysis of the meeting between the two patriarchs.

The Archbishop of the city presided at Mass at 6 o'clock this morning. Dozens of priests of the Corpus Christi movement concelebrated. Sister Mary Prema's prayer before the tomb of the Mother, a place of pilgrimage for Christians and non-Christians.

Russia resumed airstrikes after a three-week hiatus with at least ten warplanes. Trump warns Moscow and Damascus. In the province, rebel groups prepare their resistance amid doubts about Turkish support. If the city “falls, we'll all end up in the cemetery,” said a source in the besieged city.

Our hearts are like a "battlefield", where two different "spirits" contend: one, which is God-like, leads us "to good works, to charity, to fraternity", the other, which is worldly, pushes us "towards vanity, pride, self-sufficiency, gossip".

Francis resumed the celebration of Mass in the chapel of Casa Santa Marta. The attitude of Jesus in the synagogue of Nazareth teaches us that "truth is meek, the truth is silent, the truth is not noisy. What Jesus did was not easy; but the dignity of Christians is anchored in God’s power.”

With Russian backing, Syrian government forces are poised to attack the last rebel stronghold. For Card Zenari, everything must be done to avoid the worst. Vicar to Aleppo calls on the international community to find a solution. Yesterday, pope Francis made an appeal during the Angelus.

The maneuvers deploy 26 warships and aircraft carriers, including two submarines; 34 transport and jet aircraft, strategic missile carriers. Attempt to counter the possible maneuvers of the coalition led by the US against the positions of the war in Syria and to avoid the creation of a no-fly zone.

At the Angelus, Pope Francis warns against the danger of hypocrisy. "The hypocrite is a liar, he is not authentic" because he upsets "God’s will by neglecting his commandments to observe human traditions". Listening to the Word of God to be freed from hypocrisy. A possible "humanitarian catastrophe" at Idlib, a rebel stronghold in Syria, about to be attacked by Russian air raids and Assad's army.

Francis’ Message for today's IV World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, on the theme: "Water, particularly in two aspects: respect for water as a precious element and access to water as a human right" .

The ecumenical patriarch and the patriarch of Moscow met in Constantinople. No final declaration, but appreciation for the climate of "dialogue" and "satisfaction" for the meeting. For the Ukrainian media, Bartholomew placed Kirill in front of the fait accompli: the autonomy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, but headed by Onufrij and not Filaret (of Kiev).

This is the unintended effect of Donald Trump's "Make America great again". His policies will lead to the collapse of financial and real estate assets. Emerging countries will be in difficulty.