The Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk, said that the war in Ukraine recalls the invisible spiritual war that Christians wage every day against the temptation to sin. In a video message posted on March 30, the 51-year-old Patriarch, who lives in the capital […]
Controversies
The Pope entrusts himself to the Virgin of Saint Mary Major before his trip to Malta
On the afternoon of this Friday, April 1, a few hours after beginning his trip to Malta, Pope Francis went to the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome to pray before the Virgin Salus populi romani. This afternoon, Friday, April 1, Pope Francis went to the Basilica of Santa […]
This is Pope Francis’ prayer intention for April 2022
For the month of April 2022, Pope Francis encourages the faithful to join his prayer intention to ask “for health personnel”. The Holy Father asked to pray “so that the commitment of health personnel to care for the sick and the elderly, especially in the poorest countries, be supported by […]
Education in Spain: Without Religion but with Mathematics with a gender perspective
The Council of Ministers of Spain approved last Tuesday the royal decree of minimum teachings of Compulsory Secondary Education, known by its acronym ESO, and that puts the Celaá law into practice in the classrooms. Among the most outstanding points is that students will be able to pass the course […]
Today is the feast of Saint Benjamin, deacon and martyr
Today, March 31, Saint Benjamin of Argol, deacon and martyr, is remembered. Saint Benjamin of Persia, as he is also known, lived between the 4th and 5th centuries, at the time of the Sassanian Empire (Persia), located in what is now Iran, in western Asia. Under the yoke of persecution […]
“We are surviving only by a miracle”, says Patriarch of Ukraine through tears
The Major Archbishop, Sviatoslav Shevchuk, leader of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, addressed the participants of an online and face-to-face meeting organized by the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome on March 29 by video, where he assured that the surviving population does “only by a continual miracle.” The patriarch couldn’t help […]
Today we commemorate San Juan Clímaco, the monk who teaches us how to climb to heaven
Today, March 30, the Catholic Church celebrates one of the greatest spiritual teachers in history: Saint John Climacus (Saint John ‘of the Ladder’), a Christian monk who lived between the s. VI and the first half of the s. VII. Climaco is the author of the famous spiritual treatise “Escale […]
Vatican asks ecclesial educational institutions to confirm their Catholic identity
The Holy See Press Office published on March 29 an instruction from the Congregation for Catholic Education entitled “The identity of the Catholic school for a culture of dialogue.” The text dated January 25, 2022, feast of the conversion of Saint Paul the Apostle, was signed by the prefect, Cardinal […]
Today we remember Saints Jonas and Baraquicio, witnesses of Christ, the ‘King of Kings’
Today, March 29, the Church commemorates Saints Jonas and Baraquicio, martyrs. They are two brothers born in Beth-Asa, Persia (today the territory of Iran), who gave their lives in martyrdom in the year 327. The breath of the martyrs In the eighteenth year of the reign of Shapur II, king […]
The Pope meets in the Vatican with indigenous groups and bishops of Canada
Pope Francis received this March 28 at the Vatican two groups of representatives of indigenous populations of Canada who were accompanied by some prelates of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB). As reported by the Holy See Press Office, there were two different audiences of one hour each and […]