Forgiveness is one of the most profound and challenging teachings of Christianity. In a society where rancor and revenge seem to prevail, the call to forgive our enemies and those who have harmed us is radical and countercultural. However, at the heart of the Catholic...
Accompanied by the General Councilor and responsible for missions in the Order, Fr. Ismael Xuruc, this trip also coincided with the return of two bishops who participated in the Encounter of Augustinian Recollect Bishops in Rio de Janeiro: Bishop Santiago Sanchez,...
The Encounter of Augustinian Recollect Bishops was held in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) from the 20th to the 25th of May under the theme: “Do you aspire to great things? Begin with the smallest” (St. Augustine, S. 69, 1, 2). In the presence of the Prior...
The desire to preach the Gospel in China runs through the history of the Augustinian Recollects. His wishes began to take shape in the early 20th century. But they did not achieve their goal until 1923, when the Holy See entrusted them with a part of Eastern Henan and...
On February 6, 2021, Pope Francis appointed the Augustinian friar Luis Marin de San Martin as undersecretary of the Synod of Bishops, at the same time granting him the episcopal dignity and assigning him the titular See of Suliana. He was ordained a bishop on April 11...
