(10 Sep. 2021) The Italian Military Ordinary Archbishop Mons. Santo Marcianò has appointed Don Sergio Siddi as the new Vicar General. He will take over from Monsignor Angelo Frigerio, in office until 19 September, who for several years, “with exemplary competence and reliability”, as the Ordinary pointed out, “carried out […]
Out of October’s Shadows (a poem by Fr. Patrick Dolan, the AMI Ecclesiastical Assistant) The pleasant sun shines one last glance of hope As it retreats toward southern skies. Earth yields Few reassuring signs to help us cope With longer, colder nights and empty fields. Yet Barren hills reveal […]
MIGRATION MOVEMENTS: Complexity of a global problem by: His Illustrious Lordship Commander Mons. Pedro Candia, ex administrator of the Military Ordinariate of Argentina “Caritas Christi urget nos” Saint Paul – Second Letter to the Corinthians 2 Cor 5:14 1. INTRODUCTION Migratory movements constitute a global problem that is difficult to solve. There are different […]
“AMI good practices” (available in English and Italian) written by Col. Domenico D’Ortenzi, Secretary General of the Apostolat Militaire International (AMI), has been recently presented as a Thesis for the 1st course for Catholic inspired NGOs’ operators held by The Holy See (Secretariat of the State) and the Pontifical Urban University in […]
The Military Archbishop of Spain, Juan del Río, died on Thursday of the coronavirus. The 73-year-old clergyman had been admitted to the Gómez Ulla Military Hospital in Madrid since 21 January and suffered a deterioration in his health this week, from which he was unable to recover. The AMI community […]
Pope Francis’ thinking about Peace by Prof. dr. A.H.M. (Fred) van Iersel Download here In this paper, I will be taking you inside our Pope’s thinking about peace. I will try to briefly review the practicalities of the Pope’s approach to peace in this social encyclical. Peace is an important theme: it […]
WILL IT COME TO BEING “MADE IN THEIMAGE AND LIKENESS OF GOD?” Father Patrick Dolan, Ecclesiastical Assistant of the Apostolat Militaire International (AMI) and Military Chaplain Brig. Gen. of the US Army, has recently tackled the issue of artificial intelligence, the abstract and link to the full article can be […]
Dear comrades in Christ, dear AMI friends, and family, Ahead of the Angelus prayer on 4th Advent Sunday our Pope Francis urged all Christians: “Instead of complaining in these difficult times about what the pandemic prevents us from doing, let us do something for someone who has less: not the umpteenth […]
Four priests, French military chaplains involved in the armed forces on a daily basis, sing the glory of God. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt4aS8peHUY Military Chaplain Maarten Schriks. The Netherlands contributes to NATO’s enhanced military presence in Lithuania, known as the Enhanced Forward Presence. It concerns 270 soldiers for a multinational battle group. The battalion […]
