“Be sober and vigilant. Your opponent, the devil, is prowling around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, steadfast in faith, knowing that your fellow believers throughout the world undergo the same sufferings.” (1 Peter 5:8-9) Deliverance and exorcism are two different forms of spiritual intervention; but both are part of
Bishop Ryan Jimenez is currently in Portugal to represent CEPAC in the meeting with the WYD Lisbon 2023 Foundation, the organizing team for this historic youth gathering. The Episcopal Conference of the Pacific (Latin: Conferentia Episcopalis Pacifici) (CEPAC) is the episcopal conference of the Catholic Church that includes the bishops of several islands in Oceania.
The “Continental Phase” officially began last August 26, 2022. Work continues as the Universal Catholic Church is now in the second phase of the process on Synod on Synodality. Information collected by the local churches from consultations with ordinary people that took place in the previous months had been transmitted to their respective Bishops’ Conferences
“Remember always to welcome strangers, for by doing this some people have entertained angels without knowing it.” (Heb 13:2) Our local church is a melting pot of cultures and backgrounds. Interculturality, which refers to “existence and equitable interaction of diverse cultures and the possibility of generating shared cultural expressions through dialogue and mutual respect”, is
