President Joe Biden grieved with the shattered community of Uvalde on Sunday, mourning privately for three hours with anguished families of the 19 schoolchildren and two teachers killed by a gunman. Faced with chants of “do something” as he departed a church service, Biden pledged: “We will.”
With debate over gun control in the United States flaring up again following the deadly shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas last week, the Vatican’s top body on life issues has weighed in, saying a deeper reflection on the topic is needed.
La biografía de los 21 nuevos cardenales que Francisco creará en el Consistorio el 27 de agosto Vatican News A continuación, las biografías de los 21 nuevos cardenales cuya creación ha sido anunciada este domingo 29 de mayo por el Papa Francisco en el próximo Consistorio del 27 de agosto: Monseñor Arthur Roche nació en Batley Carr, en la diócesis de Leeds, el 6 de marzo de 1950.
Tras el rezo del Regina Coeli, el Papa Francisco recordó el rezo del Rosario previsto para el próximo 31 de mayo. El Pontífice dirigirá la oración mariana en la Basílica de Santa María la Mayor, en conexión directa con diversos santuarios del mundo, como el de la Madre de Dios (Zarvanytsia) en Ucrania; la catedral de Sayidat al-Najat (Nuestra Señora de la Salvación) en Iraq; la catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Paz en Siria y la catedral de María Reina de Arabia en Baréin
En un Mensaje dirigido a la Comisión Católica Internacional para las Migraciones, Francisco insta a la Iglesia a "servir a todos" y a "trabajar incansablemente por la construcción de un futuro en paz"
In the Afterword of “The weaving of the world,” Pope Francis highlights the importance of storytelling as the weaving of a fabric with unbreakable threads that links the past and present, everything and everyone. The new book is published on Thursday by the Vatican Publishing House and Salani Publications.
A delegation of Buddhists from Mongolia pays its first official visit to the Vatican 30 years after the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Holy See and the Mongolian government. An interview with the head of the Apostolic Prefecture of Ulaanbaatar highlights a positive and collaborative relationship.
Catholics who work at the border of Peru, Bolivia and Chile met May 23-25 in Arica, Chile – a small city in the north of the country – to reflect on the reality of migrants in the region.
There are now less than two months to go until Pope Francis’s highly-anticipated visit to South Sudan, which has been widely praised as a sign of hope and encouragement for the war-torn country as its leaders continue to navigate a complex path to peace.
As a "first choice," members of the Italian bishops' conference decided to focus their study of clerical sexual abuse in the country on cases reported to the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith from 2000 to 2021.
Sitting in front of her tent in a camp for Burkina Faso residents displaced from their homes, Christine Yangane cried out for food for her children, whom she said had gone for days without any meal.
If "beauty will save the world," as Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky said, then "perhaps beauty can also save the unborn," said Canadian artist Timothy Schmalz.
Native American tribal representatives are partnering with Catholic dioceses and religious congregations in uncovering vast amounts of information about the church's role in operating residential schools that for more than a century worked to assimilate Indigenous children into white society.
The presence of the Christian community is indispensable to the identity of Jerusalem, considered holy by all three Abrahamic faiths, several European bishops said at the end of a visit to the Holy Land.
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed into law one of the nation's most restrictive abortion bills May 25, saying he has kept his promise to voters to "sign every piece of pro-life legislation that came across my desk."
Varios obispos de Estados Unidos se pronunciaron en contra del fácil acceso a armas en el país tras un ataque el 24 de mayo que resultó en la muerte de al menos 19 niños y dos de sus maestros de escuela primaria en Uvalde, Texas.
El gobernador de Oklahoma, Kevin Stitt, promulgó una de las leyes de aborto más restrictivas del país el 25 de mayo y dijo que cumplió su promesa a los votantes de "firmar cada parte de la legislación pro-vida que viene a mi escritorio".
El Papa Francisco recibió esta mañana en audiencia a los prelados de la Región Nordeste 3 de la Conferencia Nacional de los Obispos de Brasil con motivo de su visita ad limina Apostolorum
