St Monica the great intercessor Junior Catholic Action, Makeni Villa

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In light of Pope Leo's repeated appeals for peace during his Apostolic Journey. Fr Samir Alrafayne, a Sudanese priest who has been in Angola for 13 ...

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Here are four powerful saints who are well-known intercessors for four desperate situations: cancer, troubled marriages, unemployment and all other causes.

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Pope Leo XIV lands in Equatorial Guinea on Tuesday, April 21, the fourth and last leg of his Apostolic Journey which has brought him also to Algeria, Cameroon and Angola.

The Pope was welcomed at the airport by the President of the country, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.

He will be in Equatorial Guinea until Thursday, April 23.

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The Catholic Church in Equatorial Guinea has entered the final stage of preparations ahead of the Apostolic Visit of Pope Leo XIV, with three...

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“Death is not the end of everything, but the beginning of something… it is a new beginning because we will live something we have never fully lived before: eternity.”
— Pope Francis

On this first death anniversary, these words take on a deeper, almost tender weight. They do not deny the pain of loss, nor do they rush past grief. Instead, they gently widen our perspective—reminding us that what feels like an ending in human eyes is, in God’s mystery, a passage into fullness.

For Pope Francis, eternity was never an abstract idea. It was a lived hope—a certainty that God’s mercy is larger than human weakness, and that love does not collapse at the threshold of death. In his life, he often pointed the Church away from fear and toward trust, away from finality and toward promise.

To speak of death as a “new beginning” is to challenge how we understand everything we hold onto here on earth. It asks us to see life not as something to be clung to in fear, but as something meant to be offered in love—because nothing truly given in love is ever lost.

In remembering him today, we are also invited to reflect: if eternity is real, then every act of mercy matters, every forgiveness carries weight, and every moment of faith is already a step toward what lasts forever.

And so we grieve, but not without hope. We remember, but not without light. We pray, because love does not end—it transforms.

In Christ, even death becomes a doorway… and every ending, a beginning in God.

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EVENING PRAYER 🙏🏾

PRAYER FOR THE ETERNAL REPOSE OF POPE FRANCIS

O God, faithful rewarder of souls,
grant that your departed servant Pope
Francis, whom you made successor of
Peter and shepherd of your Church,
may happily enjoy forever in your
presence in heaven the mysteries of
your grace and compassion, which he
faithfully ministered on earth.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your
Son, who lives and reigns with you in
the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for
ever and ever.

Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine upon him.
May he rest in peace.

Amen.

21/04/2026

We love Mother Angelica!

On April 20, we celebrate Mother Angelica’s birthday.

In a video published on the social media channel, “Gabi After Hours,” Gabriel Castillo describes three incredible life lessons Mother Angelica provided him over the years. He explains that Mother Angelica is one of the most influential figures in his life.

Castillo is a youth minister, videographer, and lay evangelist. He evangelizes the Catholic faith, especially spreading the power of the Holy Rosary and advising Catholics in navigating spiritual warfare.

Castillo says he was a “moral mess” in college when he first found Mother Angelica’s programs on EWTN. He says she taught “authentic Catholicism…unapologetically.”

“She preached about morality and spirituality unapologetically, and that provided me with a foundation upon which I could build my life,” Castillo says.

Castillo then says Mother Angelica’s biography, “Mother Angelica: The Remarkable Story of a Nun, Her Nerve, and a Network of Miracles,” by Raymond Arroyo, also deeply impacted his faith life.

“It is filled with spiritual wisdom. The way she lived her life, in my opinion, was far more powerful than anything she said."

Here are three lessons Gabi After Hours says we can all learn from Mother Angelica:

“Conversion is a grace, and the number one way to obtain that grace is through prayer.”

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Aboard the flight from Angola to Equatorial Guinea, Pope Leo XIV recalls his predecessor Pope Francis on the first anniversary of his death, saying ...

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He thanked God for “the great gift of Francis’ life to the whole Church and to the entire world.”

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Pope Leo XIV has urged Bishops, Clergy, members of the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life (ICLSAL), Seminarians, Catechists, and other pastoral workers in Angola to cultivate authentic fraternity, deepen their fidelity to Christ, and continue contributing to peace and...

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In Luanda, Pope Leo XIV thanks the Church in Angola for its vital role in national reconciliation and urges clergy to shun all privileges.