“Everything has an ‘iconic’ value, one to which the saints were particularly sensitive, and which Jesus perceived to the highest degree. Things are parables in potency, presenting the possibility of signifying the religious rapport and of inducing its realization. The universe, the things and the events within it, all can become sacraments of the active presence of God.”
Yves Congar
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The Holy Father has appointed Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrão as a member of the Dicastery for Communication, the Vatican office responsible for overseeing the Church’s
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Sister Helen Mary Anthony , 63 year old nun of the sisters of St.Anne , Bangalore, will become the first women director of the Catholic