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Committed to life: Nearly 30 years of service in Poland for Ursuline Sisters
Posted on 04/19/2024 07:23 AM ()
February 2025 will mark 30 years since the Institute of the Ursuline Sisters of the Immaculate Virgin Mary of Gandino arrived in Poland.
Indian Lok Sabha elections kick off amid growing polarization
Posted on 04/19/2024 06:03 AM ()
India starts voting in the largest election globally, with nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi running for a consecutive third term against the INDIA coalition led by the Indian National Congress.
The female face of migration in Brazil
Posted on 04/19/2024 06:00 AM ()
The exponential increase of foreign women arriving in Brazil poses a challenge for the state and civil society. Various ecclesiastical organizations offer multiple opportunities through training, employment, and support for entrepreneurship.
Faced with irresponsibility, people are called to responsibility
Posted on 04/19/2024 03:41 AM ()
Our Editorial Director offers his thoughts on Pope Francis' encounter with the Network of Schools for Peace, saying that a cry for peace is swelling amid the many situations of war and conflict.
Pope modifies Vatican judicial norms with new motu proprio
Posted on 04/19/2024 03:37 AM ()
With a new Apostolic Letter issued 'motu proprio,' Pope Francis modifies laws governing the Vatican's judicial system, especially regarding remuneration and pensions for judges.
News from the Orient – April 19, 2024
Posted on 04/19/2024 03:26 AM ()
Pope asks children to be “artisans of peace”
Posted on 04/19/2024 01:30 AM ()
Pope Francis asks Italian children to pray for their peers in Ukraine and Gaza, and encourages them to be “artisans of peace” as he meets with students and teachers of the Italian National Network of the Schools of Peace to the Vatican.
Vatican offers free cancer screening for homeless women in Rome
Posted on 04/19/2024 00:29 AM ()
Under the Colonnade of St. Peter's Square, the Vatican Dicastery for the Service of Charity runs a clinic offering dozens of homeless women free screening for breast cancer, as part of an initiative with the Komen Italy association.
Pope encourages deepening of faith and communion for building Christian unity
Posted on 04/18/2024 11:00 AM ()
In his greetings shared with participants at the Fourth World Gathering of the Global Christian Forum taking place in Accra, Ghana, Pope Francis encourages everyone to deepen their faith and revitalize fraternal love, reflecting the unity to which Christians are called as they discuss the challenges facing the global Christian community.
Cardinal Ambongo expresses worry over increasing violence in eastern DRC
Posted on 04/18/2024 08:52 AM ()
Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, Metropolitan Archbishop of Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo, has warned that the situation in the east of the country is deteriorating rapidly. Armed militias have recently captured several towns in the area.