In the mystical city of Assisi, one can find the tiny, yet beautiful and thought-provoking Church of San Damiano, a church whose origin dates back

I These are very special days,[1] particularly because we are enjoy-ing a very profound spiritual happiness. We even perceive it sen-sibly, and it often happens

Now I would like to treat an aspect that is certainly very important to what the Catholic priesthood does, and it is the fact that

The Apostle Saint Paul teaches: He has indeed qualified us as ministers of a new covenant (2 Cor 3:6). We already saw that the Catholic

The effusion of Christ’s Blood expresses the very Mystery of His Passion, carried out precisely by the shedding of His blood. A. That Blood is

Here I will discuss the relationship between the priest’s actions in persona Christi and in persona Ecclesiae. Far from opposing each other, both aspects complement

In our consideration of the Catholic priesthood, the fact that the priest acts in persona Christi is very important, but we must complement it with

To the venerable memory of two legendsof the clergy of San Rafael, who sowed the Church here:Father Ernesto de Miguel–61 years of priesthood–and Father Basilio

Jesus Christ is the envoy of the Father: as the Father has sent me, so I send you (Jn 20:21). Christ also has His own

Recently ordained priests–like all priests–are priests because the bishop–and all the members of the presbyterate–laid hands on them, thus leaving them “fit into the body