Controversies

Today May 12, International Nursing Day 2022, we remember those holy women who, for the most part, are recognized for having contributed to this profession or dedicating themselves to the care of the poorest patients. 1. Saint Agueda of Catania Santa Águeda de Catania is the patron saint of nurses. […]

Pope Francis warned that “the birth problem is a true social emergency” so it is “time to give real answers to families and young people.” This is what the Holy Father said today in a greeting addressed to the participants in the second edition of the General Natality States that […]

The Spanish Episcopal Conference (CEE) has published this morning its Activity Report for 2020, a year marked by the Covid-19 pandemic, where more than 4 million people were attended by the Church. The Catholic Church receives each year, through the taxpayers who mark the “x” in the income statement, 0.7% […]

San Francisco de Geronimo was a Jesuit missionary who was called “the apostle of Naples”; famous for his tireless work in favor of the conversion of sinners, whom he sought after the example of the Good Shepherd who goes in search of the lost sheep. Francis opened his heart so […]

Part of the roof of the central nave of the Cathedral of Guarenas, in Venezuela, collapsed when a sacred music concert was being held on May 7. “It is with deep sadness that I regret to report that (…) in full concert by the Guarenas Symphony Orchestra, part of the […]

“I would rather live without skin than to live without devotion to the Virgin Mary,” said Saint John of Ávila, patron saint of Spanish priests, reformer and writer. The feast of this great missionary, director of souls and counselor of many saints is celebrated every May 10. Saint John of […]

“In the hospital, especially during the pandemic, although the patients were alone, you could feel a lot of peace, and that is because of the guardian angels”; These are the words of Fr. Iñaki Gallego, one of the chaplains of the San Carlos Clinical Hospital in Madrid (Spain). The priest, […]

Every May 9, the Church celebrates Saint Louise de Marillac, an intelligent and determined woman who led the reform of social services care in the France of her time. Luisa was married but became a widow, later finding in the Lord the whole reason for her existence. She was co-founder, […]

Bishop José Antonio Eguren Anselmi, Archbishop of Piura and Tumbes, affirmed that “motherhood is the sublime vocation of women” and that mothers are “irreplaceable in the transmission of the faith”, in his homily this Sunday in which he celebrates Mother’s Day in Peru and in several countries around the world. […]

Today, May 8, Good Shepherd Sunday, the Catholic Church celebrates the World Day of Prayer for Vocations 2022, a day on which the faithful are called to pray so that more people, especially young people, say yes to God’s call. The fourth Sunday of Easter is called “Good Shepherd Sunday”, […]