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"Un precioso regalo que llega a la culminación del viaje de Pascua": así es como el Cardenal Angelo De Donatis, Vicario del Papa para la diócesis de Roma, define la carta que el Pontífice ha enviado al clero romano para animarles e invitarles a reflexionar en este tiempo de emergencia sanitaria del coronavirus.

The killing of George Floyd was senseless and brutal, a sin that cries out to heaven for justice.

Every year parish needs require reassignments of priests. Here are the assignments for the coming year.

""We might think that what unite us are our beliefs and our morality. But there is much more: Our principle of unity is the Holy Spirit. He reminds us that, first of all, we are God's beloved children."

Tea Pompeo, who is mourning her mother, represented those who lost a loved one during the pandemic. And Federica Polinari and Manuele Bartoli, with newborn Iacopo, represented families who had welcomed a new life into the world during the lockdown.

Bishop Shelton J. Fabre of Houma-Thibodaux, chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism, on the Death of George Floyd and the protests which have broken out in Minneapolis and in other cities in the United States.

Racism is not a thing of the past or simply a throwaway political issue to be bandied about when convenient ...

President Vladimir Putin faces growing social unrest over the economic impact of the pandemic and other increasingly criticized policies.

It is not unusual for people to turn to prayer during hard times. ...

Un grupo provida reza durante una protesta en 2019 fuera del congreso local en Oaxaca, México ....

A call to be good stewards of God's creation by respecting each other and the communities in which people live....

U.S. bishops' Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism said ... "people are losing their lives because of racism."....

Las palabras del Papa Francisco sobre el Espíritu Santo, "el desconocido de nuestra fe" que obra todo de forma oculta: dona la alegría, la paz, el amor, nos hace vivir como resucitados, como hijos de Dios. Gracias a Él podemos considerarnos hermanos.

Únete al Papa Francisco en el rezo del Santo Rosario el sábado 30 de mayo, para poner fin a la pandemia de Covid-19. Las formas de participar se indican a continuación.

Pope Francis is once again urging all of humanity to pray together for divine help during the coronavirus pandemic.

A new series of web seminars is intended to strengthen safeguarding good practice throughout the world, and to help safeguarding professionals reach out to victims.

El obispo de Davenport Thomas R. Zinkula, le ha pedido al jefe de seguridad nacional en Cedar Rapids, Iowa, que libere a tres inmigrantes guatemaltecos detenidos, diciendo que la pandemia del COVID-19 "pone a los inmigrantes que están presos en una situación muy vulnerable".

Authorities have moved some 1,000 people from flooded areas to 35 relief camps as the state continues to witness heavy rain since Cyclone Amphan made landfall on the eastern coast of India May 20, reported ucanews.com.

"Decisions about reopening were being made that prioritized economic considerations and material well-being ahead of spiritual well-being," Jason Adkins, executive director of the Minnesota Catholic Conference, which represents the state's bishops on public policy matters, wrote in an email to Catholic News Service.

Father Michael McGivney, the founder of the Knights of Columbus, may be an ideal prospective saint for the current age, said Carl A. Anderson, supreme knight of the international fraternal order.