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Adolf Hitler (* 20 April 1889 in Braunau am Inn) († 30 April 1945 Berlin), Leader of the Nazi Party, Reich Chancellor from 1933, also self-appointed "Fuehrer" and head of state of Germany.
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EASTER SUNDAY
Mary Magdalene, seeing that the stone of the tomb had been rolled away, ran to tell Peter and John. After receiving the shocking news, the two disciples also went out and — as the Gospel says — “the two were running together” (Jn 20:4). The main figures of the Easter narratives all ran! On the one hand, “running” could express the concern that the Lord’s body had been taken away; but, on the other hand, the haste of Mary Magdalene, Peter and John expresses the desire, the yearning of the heart, the inner attitude of those who set out to search for Jesus. He, in fact, has risen from the dead and therefore is no longer in the tomb. We must look for him elsewhere.
This is the message of Easter: we must look for him elsewhere. Christ is risen, he is alive! He is no longer a prisoner of death, he is no longer wrapped in the shroud, and therefore we cannot confine him to a fairy tale, we cannot make him a hero of the ancient world, or think of him as a statue in a museum! On the contrary, we must look for him and this is why we cannot remain stationary. We must take action, set out to look for him: look for him in life, look for him in the faces of our brothers and sisters, look for him in everyday business, look for him everywhere except in the tomb.
We must look for him without ceasing. Because if he has risen from the dead, then he is present everywhere, he dwells among us, he hides himself and reveals himself even today in the sisters and brothers we meet along the way, in the most ordinary and unpredictable situations of our lives. He is alive and is with us always, shedding the tears of those who suffer and adding to the beauty of life through the small acts of love carried out by each of us.
For this reason, our Easter faith, which opens us to the encounter with the risen Lord and prepares us to welcome him into our lives, is anything but a complacent settling into some sort of “religious reassurance.” On the contrary, Easter spurs us to action, to run like Mary Magdalene and the disciples; it invites us to have eyes that can “see beyond,” to perceive Jesus, the one who lives, as the God who reveals himself and makes himself present even today, who speaks to us, goes before us, surprises us. Like Mary Magdalene, every day we can experience losing the Lord, but every day we can also run to look for him again, with the certainty that he will allow himself to be found and will fill us with the light of his resurrection.
Brothers and sisters, this is the greatest hope of our life: we can live this poor, fragile and wounded existence clinging to Christ, because he has conquered death, he conquers our darkness and he will conquer the shadows of the world, to make us live with him in joy, forever. This is the goal towards which we press on, as the Apostle Paul says, forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead (cf. Phil 3:12-14). Like Mary Magdalene, Peter and John, we hasten to meet Christ.
The Jubilee invites us to renew the gift of hope within us, to surrender our sufferings and our concerns to hope, to share it with those whom we meet along our journey and to entrust to hope the future of our lives and the destiny of the human family. And so we cannot settle for the fleeting things of this world or give in to sadness; we must run, filled with joy. Let us run towards Jesus, let us rediscover the inestimable grace of being his friends. Let us allow his Word of life and truth to shine in our life. As the great theologian Henri de Lubac said, “It should be enough to understand this: Christianity is Christ. No, truly, there is nothing else but this. In Christ we have everything” (Les responsabilités doctrinales des catholiques dans le monde d'aujourd'hui, Paris 2010, 276).
And this “everything” that is the risen Christ opens our life to hope. He is alive, he still wants to renew our life today. To him, conqueror of sin and death, we want to say:
“Lord, on this feast day we ask you for this gift: that we too may be made new, so as to experience this eternal newness. Cleanse us, O God, from the sad dust of habit, tiredness and indifference; give us the joy of waking every morning with wonder, with eyes ready to see the new colours of this morning, unique and unlike any other. […] Everything is new, Lord, and nothing is the same, nothing is old” (A. Zarri, Quasi una preghiera).
Sisters, brothers, in the wonder of the Easter faith, carrying in our hearts every expectation of peace and liberation, we can say: with You, O Lord, everything is new. With you, everything begins again.
https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/homilies/2025/documents/20250420-omelia-pasqua.html |
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Un santuario de Bariloche conecta a la Argentina con la última voluntad del Papa
Mientras en Roma se prepara el entierro de Francisco en la Basílica de Santa María la Mayor dedicada a la Virgen de las Nieves, en la Patagonia crece otro santuario consagrado a esta advocación, un escenario de un fenómeno que mezcla fe, misterio y presuntas apariciones marianas
25 Abr, 2025 10:12 a.m.Actualizado: 25 Abr, 2025 12:46 p.m. AR
 En la foto, el Papa recibe la medalla de la virgen Santa María de las Nieves. Luego, la bendijo y pidió que se la llevaran a los enfermos En Bariloche, sobre la ruta, se encuentra en construcción el Santuario de la Virgen de las Nieves.
La mujer asegura que la Virgen le transmite mensajes en fechas específicas: cada 9 de diciembre, el 25 de marzo y cada primer sábado del mes.
Respecto al contenido, señala que muchos mensajes están dirigidos “a toda la humanidad”, aunque también hay otros personales. Entre los más llamativos, asegura que la Virgen le anticipó la pandemia y le advirtió sobre futuras “pestes”. También le habría pedido priorizar el cuidado de los enfermos por sobre los indigentes, “porque los primeros están postrados y no pueden buscar ayuda por sí mismos”.
 La medalla de la Virgen de Las Nieves
Sobre la ruta provincial 82, cerca del cruce al cerro Catedral, se encuentra la histórica gruta de la Virgen de las Nieves, cuya imagen fue entronizada en 1945. La iniciativa fue del jefe de la Escuela Militar de Montaña, quien mandó a instalar la imagen tras sobrevivir milagrosamente a un accidente automovilístico. Desde entonces, el sitio se convirtió en punto de peregrinación para montañistas y fieles. Subiendo el llamado “Camino de los Ángeles” se erige el Santuario, que es a cielo abierto sin paredes con un altar, una imagen gigante del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús y la del capuchino San Leopoldo Mandic. Los peregrinos asisten a pedir curaciones milagrosas y muchas mujeres en busca de un embarazo.
Video: Nuestra Señora de las Nieves en la Patagonia
Desde hace unos años una multitud se reúne el 9 de diciembre y 25 de marzo para ser testigos de las presuntas apariciones marianas, que según testimonios a los que accedió Infobae, se acompañan con una danza del sol y el olor intenso a rosas.
El rezo del rosario comienza, la guía anuncia por micrófono que en el tercer misterio la “Virgen suele presentarse y dar un mensaje” por lo tanto pide estado de recogimiento. Comienza el primer misterio, con reflexiones sobre los mensajes de San Leopoldo Mandic. Sigue el segundo misterio. Mientras el cielo y las nubes toman un aspecto diferente. El sol de repente se mueve vertiginosamente, algunos lo ven y otros no. Las nubes se colorean de tenue celeste y rosa. Penetrantes rayos dorados iluminan el altar y las imágenes religiosas, de acuerdo a los testigos.“
La virgen ha descendido del sol” dice la intérprete que se encuentra al lado de la mujer, quien con voz tenue susurra lo que la mujer de al lado repite fuerte y claro.
“Han sido invitados ustedes por mí, para que estén cerca de mi corazón. Está mi hijo Jesús a mi lado, que los bendecirá. Yo estoy aquí, soy la madre del amor. En este lugar hay gracias infinitas de sanación, en cada enfermo que viene a este lugar, que Dios así ha querido que este lugar sea parte del cielo. Soy la Virgen de las Nieves”, Así se escucha por micrófono el anunciado mensaje de un 9 de diciembre.
En una pequeña canasta hay escarpines de muchos colores. La señora que repite el mensaje dice: “Los escarpines son para las madres que quieren tener hijos o que se encuentran gestando un embarazo, están bendecidos por Jesús”.
Nuestra Señora de las Nieves es la patrona de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires y su figura aparece incluso en el antiguo escudo de la ciudad. El patronazgo data al menos del año 1611, cuando las Actas del Cabildo ya mencionaban la celebración litúrgica en su honor cada 5 de agosto. Sin embargo, parece un patronazgo olvidado entre los porteños ya que no se visibiliza ninguna imagen de esta Virgen en la Catedral de Buenos Aires.
 Santa María la Mayor, el lugar elegido por el Papa para su descanso eterno El vínculo entre este santuario en Bariloche y Roma adquiere una dimensión simbólica tras conocerse el testamento del papa Francisco, donde expresa su deseo de que sus restos descansen junto a la imagen de la Salus Populi Romani. “Deseo que mi último viaje terrenal termine precisamente en este antiguo santuario mariano, donde siempre me detengo a rezar al inicio y al final de cada viaje apostólico, confiando mis intenciones a la Madre Inmaculada y dando gracias por su dulce y maternal cuidado”, escribió el pontífice.
Así, mientras en Roma se honra a la Virgen que acompañó al papa argentino durante sus años de pontificado, en la Patagonia florece una devoción paralela, con sus propios signos y testimonios. Un santuario en construcción, una fe que se renueva día a día y una historia que, entre la tradición y lo extraordinario, continúa creciendo al pie de la montaña.
Una vez publicada esta nota, el Obispo de Bariloche, Monseñor Juan Carlos Ares, aclaró que la construcción del Santuario corresponde a una iniciativa de la Asociación Civil Laica Misionera Santuario Virgen Madre de las Nieves, la cual “no cuenta con ningún tipo de aprobación diocesana”.
“Es una iniciativa privada que ha surgido por las supuestas revelaciones de la Virgen a la señora que aparece en la nota de dicho medio periodístico. Por otro lado la Gruta de la Virgen de las Nieves, declarada Lugar Sagrado con motivo del Año Jubilar de la Esperanza, no tiene nada que ver con el proyecto de esta asociación, ya que es patrimonio del pueblo fiel de esta iglesia diocesana y objeto de peregrinación de miles de pobladores y turistas”, especificó.
https://www.infobae.com/sociedad/2025/04/25/un-santuario-de-bariloche-conecta-a-la-argentina-con-la-ultima-voluntad-del-papa/ |
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THE MIRACLE OF THE SNOW AT ROME'S SANTA MARIA MAGGIORE
Every year on August 5th, right at the height of the fierce Italian summer, Romans descend on the ancient basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore to celebrate one of the city’s strangest miracles.
The subject of the festivities is La Madonna Della Neve, or the Madonna of the Snows, and features the recreation of a miraculous summer snowfall that, according to venerable Christian legend, took place at the site of the future church on this day in the year 358 AD.
The annual modern spectacle, which is organised by the Italian Ministry of Culture in conjunction with the Vatican authorities and has been ongoing since 1983, includes the artificial snowfall - snowflakes are represented by foaming suds blown through the stifling summer air - a spectacular light show where a kaleidoscope of coloured lights flicker and illuminate the beautiful church facade, and a musical performance and parade by the Carabinieri police band. Reminding us that this is a religious celebration, two masses of Thanksgiving to the Madonna take place at 10 am and 5 pm. But what is the legend of the miraculous Snow, and why is the story so important for the church of Santa Maria Maggiore?
 Santa Maria Maggiore at night
The story takes us all the way back in time to the fourth century. The practising of Christianity had only been legalised by the Emperor Constantine a few short decades earlier, and the Faith still had some way to go before it would finally become the dominant religion of the Empire. Nonetheless, Christianity was attracting plenty of converts in Rome from all classes of society, and amongst the zealous new converts was a wealthy nobleman by the name of Giovanni and his wife.
The childless couple had plenty of cash that they wished to use to aid the Christian community, and so they prayed to the Virgin Mary for advice on how to best use their capital. The Madonna soon obliged, appearing in a dream to the couple in which she instructed them to finance a new church at the side of the miraculous summer snow that would fall that very night on Rome‘s Esquiline Hill.
Setting out in search of the promised site, Giovanni soon ran into pope Liberius, who it turned out had experienced the same vision and was himself searching for the location of the promised snow.
 Jacopo Zucchi's Miracle of the Snow, Vatican Pinacoteca
Having found the thick white carpet of snow on the Esquiline slopes, the pontiff proceeded to trace the outline of the church-to-be in the snow. Masons and artisans were soon called to the site, and construction on the basilica began with Giovanni and his wife’s largesse funding the works. A beautiful 16th-century painting now in the Pinacoteca of the Vatican Museums by the artist Jacopo Zucchi shows an eager crowd gathered around the summer snow as the Pope marks out the perimeter of the basilica walls with a hoe, as a motley cast of bishops, prelates and altar boys watch on. Giovanni and his wife kneel in wonder at the miraculous event.
 The Virgin Mary looks down over Piazza Santa Maria Maggiore from the Column of Peace
No trace of the original basilica traced by Liberius on that distant snowy morning remains - the church now standing on the site is still pretty ancient however, dating from the 430s. Within, an original cycle of 5th-century mosaics high on the nave walls beneath the windows are amongst the oldest and most beautiful Christian artworks in Italy. Vibrant scenes from the Old Testament lives of the patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Moses are represented in the realistic style of classical art, contrasting with the fabulous, more abstract 13th-century Byzantine mosaics in the apse. In the crypt beneath the high altar meanwhile are supposed remains of Christ’s manger, housed in an elaborate crystal reliquary. Santa Maria Maggiore is a must-visit on any trip to Rome!
The festival of the miraculous snowfall at Santa Maria Maggiore will take place between 9 PM and midnight in the piazza in front of the basilica on Saturday 5th August 2023.
https://www.througheternity.com/en/blog/history/miracle-snow-santa-maria-maggiore-rome.html# |
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