On Saturday, 24 deacons were ordained as Opus Dei Catholic priests in a ceremony held at the Basilica of Sant’Eugène in Rome. The new priests come from Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Spain, the United States, the Philippines, France, Mexico and Switzerland. The ceremony was celebrated on May 21 by Mons. Ricardo […]
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Vatican promotes career of Olympic champions together with young people with down syndrome
The Vatican is organizing a sporting event involving Olympic champion athletes alongside young people with Down syndrome and autism, diplomats, migrants and refugees, prisoners and women who have been trafficked. The initiative titled “We run together” (“We run together”) is organized by the Vatican sports association, Athlética Vaticana. This is […]
Did you know that the Vatican has a long soccer tradition? Know your league and teams
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 […]
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 […]