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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – A Musician Called to Be an Angel

August 13, 1792. The sun had already set when the old cart drove up to the gates of the building that had once been...

Notre-Dame de Paris – A Cathedral of Perfect Beauty, the Joy of All the Earth

April 15, 2019. On that Monday of Holy Week, the whole world stopped, stunned, to watch the fire that devoured the famous Notre-Dame Cathedral...

Our Lady of Guadalupe – Empress of the Americas

For the first twelve Franciscan apostles who, at the request of Hernán Cortés, arrived in Mexico from Spain in the 16th century, it was...

Solemn Obsequies for the Soul of Msgr. João

  Reception of the Body Numerous spiritual sons and daughters from different countries, together with countless of the faithful, gathered on November 1, 2024 at the...

Mission “post mortem” – Sunset or Dawn?

The reader who has perused this special edition of Heralds of the Gospel magazine, a posthumous tribute to Msgr. João, has most likely done...

Expiatory Victim for the Holy Church – He Suffered with Christ, to Be Glorified with Him

In following the articles in this special issue of Heralds of the Gospel magazine and considering the numerous achievements attributed to Msgr. João, a...

Relationship with the Blessed Virgin – In the Arms of Mary

In the first pages of his work dedicated to Mary Most Holy1, the last he left us before departing for eternity, Msgr. João describes...

Devotion to the Blessed Sacrament – A Eucharistic Man

The great St. Ignatius of Loyola was once asked what he would do if a decree were to come from the Pope closing down...

Mystical Life – The Mere Outline of a Mystery…

“What I am doing you do not know now, but afterward you will understand” (Jn 13:7). This phrase addressed by Our Lord to St. Peter,...

Priest of Our Lord Jesus Christ – Consumed with Zeal for the Renewal of the Face of the Earth

It was June 15, 2005. Dcn. João, accompanied by fourteen companions of ideal, were about to be ordained priests in the Basilica of Our Lady...

Faithful Son of the Church – “With the Church we will conquer”

In paying homage to a father, no matter how solemn the act, it is only natural to dedicate part of it to recalling a...

Educator – “Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ”

If we could interview the Apostles and ask them what moved them to leave everything to follow Our Lord Jesus Christ, it is certain...