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A "Passage" Toward a Better World
Every year at this time, we Catholics commemorate Christian Easter, called la “pascua cristiana” in Spanish. I dedicate these lines to reflect on what this event and celebration has meant and means today, not only for Christians, but also for all the men and women of our society and its repercussions for our pursuit of the building of a better world than the one in which we live.
The Spanish word “Pascua” comes from a Hebrew word (pesah), which means “Passover,” or a passage. With this word, the ancient Israelites named the celebration (Ex 12:11) of the new life given to them through their liberation from Egyptian slavery via their “passage” through the Red Sea and the desert until they conquered the “promised land.”
The Good Friday of Every Day
Few are the men who take risks and who risk themselves for others. As the poem says: Few are those who “flee from the noise of our world and follow the hidden path. Where they have gone, the few wise men of our world have been.” (Fray Luis de León). This is because we are accustomed to protecting and caring for ourselves in a frenzy of selfishness and narcissistic hedonism. For this reason, the few men and women who go against the current, who leave the mold, those who understand life as a gift to serve others, make such an impact. Jesus of Nazareth was one of these people.
El grave problema de la desigualdad en la atención de la salud
Fotografía por Zach Vessels
Estimado Dr. Tallaj, queridos amigos:
Es un gran placer reunirnos hoy aquí en la sede de SOMOS después de habernos visto también el otoño pasado en Santo Domingo. Al igual que en ese encuentro, hoy veo en ustedes no solo un elevado nivel de habilidades científicas y profesionales, sino la pasión de quienes —sobre todo si son médicos— son capaces de contribuir al desarrollo de un mundo más humano.
Inequalities in Access to Health Care
New York City, March 30, 2022-. "How can we possibly argue that life and health are fundamental values if we don’t also worry about the real conditions that create the inequalities affecting people's lives and health?" With this question, Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, President of the Pontifical Academy for Life, opened the conference held in New York, at the headquarters of Somos Community Care – a medical and health care network operating in the United States and other countries. Archbishop Paglia had already met representatives of the network during his trip to Santo Domingo last fall.
Desayuno - Conferencia con Mons. Timothy Broglio
Radio ABC realiza Desayuno - Conferencia con Mons. Timothy Broglio en torno a la celebracion de su 60 aniversario
Santo Domingo, D.N.- Como parte de las actividades de celebración por el 60 Aniversario de Radio ABC, las emisoras católicas (Radio ABC y Vida FM), pertenecientes a Multimedios Vida de la Arquidiócesis de Santo Domingo, realizarón este jueves 10 de marzo el tradicional Desayuno – Conferencia con el tema : “Reflexiones Sobre la Misión de la Iglesia en la Hora Actual” siendo el disertante invitado S.E.R. Mons. Timothy Paul Andrew Broglio, JCD; Arzobispo de los Servicios Militares, USA y Ex-Nuncio Apostólico en República Dominicana.
FRANCIS, Nine Years as a Witness to the Gospel
The 13th of March marks nine years since the election of the Jesuit priest, bishop, and cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio as the 266th pope in the history of the Church. Pope Francis presides over the Chair of Saint Peter and has guided the world's Catholics in faith and charity since he celebrated the inaugural Eucharist of his Pontificate on March 19, 2013, on the feast of Saint Joseph. Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born on December 17, 1936, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and chose the name Francis, as a tribute to the "poverello" of Assisi.
Primer foro de medicina y salud
La Fundación Dr. Ramón Tallaj en torno al mensaje del Santo Padre Francisco para la 30º Jornada Mundial del Enfermo “Sean misericordiosos, así como el Padre de ustedes es misericordioso”, organizó el primer “Foro de Medicina y Salud” con el objetivo de recibir conferencias de diferentes actores que accionan en el campo de la Salud, con su reflexión humana y espiritual
World of The Sick
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS FOR THE THIRTIETH WORLD DAY OF THE SICK
“Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful” (Lk 6:36). Standing beside those who suffer on a path of charity.
New Year and Hope
Human beings live because we dream, we imagine, and hope for a better tomorrow. Hope is the engine of human life. When I graduate, when I get married, when I have my first job, my first house, my first child, my first car, my first vacation, tomorrow, in two years, in five years, in ten years, everything will change, everything will be better… Without hope, life would have no meaning; it would not be worth living. And so, during our daily wait for hope, from the best and noblest desires of every human being, our lives pass by waiting for better times…
The Christmas Spirit
A characteristic of our time, society, and postmodern culture is the ignorance, loss, and emptying of the original and primary meanings, truths, and essences of everything we live in our daily lives. For example, we listen to folk music from different regions of the world without ever having attended the festivals that give rise to the melodies, without knowing where the traditions were born, and the names of the instruments used, etc. In our metropolises, children and young people consume all kinds of dairy products without ever having approached a living cow, etc. Reality has ceased to be what it was and has become a self-serving virtual reality—one that is biased and manipulated. This happens especially during the Christmas festivities that men and women over much of the planet celebrate every year.