Although the Vatican is one of the few countries that is not part of FIFA, for more than 500 years the smallest country in the world has been home to a great soccer tradition and even has an annual “world cup”! The workers of the Holy See integrate eight amateur […]
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Today begins the novena to Saint Joan of Arc, patron saint of France
This May 21 begins the novena in honor of Saint Joan of Arc, a 19-year-old girl who died unjustly at the stake and who is the patron saint of France. Saint Joan of Arc was born in Domrémy in the year 1412. She was unjustly tried and sentenced to the […]
The Catholic Church calls to analyze options to elect the new president of Colombia
The Episcopal Conference of Colombia (CEC) invited citizens to actively participate in the presidential elections on May 29, and analyze the different options that have been presented. In their message “Participation in political life is a moral obligation”, the bishops invited citizens to exercise a conscious participation in the elections. […]
Today we celebrate San Bernardino de Siena, promoter of devotion to the Most Holy Name of Jesus
Every May 20, the Church celebrates Saint Bernardino of Siena, Franciscan minor friar and priest, distinguished preacher and great disseminator of devotion to the Most Holy Name of Jesus: “The Name of Jesus is the light of preachers, since its splendor is the who makes his word announced and heard”, […]
Bishop asks to pray the Rosary in reparation for obscene display in front of the Cathedral
The Bishop of Cuenca (Spain), Msgr. José María Yanguas Sanz, called on the Catholic faithful to pray the Holy Rosary as reparation for an obscene exhibition recently carried out by a group of women in front of the Cathedral. The obscene show was performed on Monday, May 16, by a […]
Today Saint Mary Bütler is celebrated, a nun who left the convent to become a missionary
Every May 19, the Church celebrates Saint Mary Bernarda Bütler, founder of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary Help of Christians; religious and missionary who sanctified herself in the evangelizing service of the abandoned towns of South America. Her own words portray her well: “Open your houses to help the poor […]
John Paul II, Carlo Acutis and Chiara Badano are among the 13 patrons of WYD Lisbon 2023
Cardinal Manuel Clemente, Patriarch of Lisbon, officially presented the 13 patron saints of World Youth Day (WYD) 2023. Among them are Saint John Paul II and the young Blesseds Carlo Acutis and Chiara Badano. The 2023 edition of WYD will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, from August 1 to 6and […]
Catechesis of Pope Francis on the faith of Job
Pope Francis dedicated his weekly catechesis to the faith and prayer of the biblical character Job at the General Audience this Wednesday, May 18. “Job’s profession of faith – which emerges precisely in his incessant appeal to God, to a supreme justice – is completed at the end with the […]
Rome hosts “Mary, Ambassador of Peace” exhibition to help children in Ukraine
On the afternoon of this Tuesday, May 17, the “Poli” Art Gallery in Rome, dedicated to sacred art, inaugurated the exhibition entitled “Mary, ambassador of peace”. It is the presentation of different mosaics of the Virgin Mary commissioned by some of the embassies to the Holy See that are exhibited […]
What are homophobia and transphobia really?
This May 17, the United Nations “celebrates” the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biophobia, a date characterized by the promotion of the LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and intersex) agenda. But what are these “phobias” really? Marcial Padilla, director of ConParticipation, told ACI Prensa that, in reality, the “day […]










