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La Conferencia Episcopal Hondureña ha hecho un llamado al diálogo debido a que una crisis política amenaza con arruinar la toma de posesión presidencial del país centroamericano.

Italian President Sergio Mattarella was re-elected for a second term on Saturday after party leaders failed to agree on an alternative candidate for the job. Mattarella had originally ruled out remaining in office but bowed to increasing pressure after six days of fruitless voting in parliament to choose a successor.

In this archive interview to mark the 50th anniversary of the Bloody Sunday massacre in Derry, Northern Ireland, the late Bishop Emeritus of Derry, Edward Daly recalls that terrible day on 30 January 1972 when 14 people lost their lives on the streets of the city.

In remarks following the recitation of the Angelus on Sunday, Pope Francis recalls World Leprosy Day, expressing his closeness to those who suffer from the disease.”

Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher's visit to Beirut will take place from January 31 to February 4, and includes meetings with political and religious authorities to mark 75 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Holy See and Lebanon, the nation faces a deep social, political and economic crisis.

Pope Francis received members of the Apostolic Tribunal of the Roman Rota on Thursday at the start of their judicial year. In his speech, he stressed that in the work of this Court there must always be understanding for people who suffer because of the breakdown of their marriage.

After a stampede at a soccer stadium left at least 8 people dead, Cameroon’s Christian leaders expressed their solidarity with the families of the victims.

As the chances of survival for several dozen migrants lost in the Florida Straits waned on Wednesday, Jan. 26, Archbishop Patrick Pinder of Nassau lamented the “horrific tragedy” and encouraged support for migrants that feel a need to flee their homes.

On the 77th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp, the Holy See’s Permanent Observer to the OSCE warns of dangerous distortions, including Holocaust denial and revisionism, that risk warping the importance of historical remembrance.

Calling the crisis in Ukraine “a tragedy that is unfolding before our very eyes,” the Ukrainian Catholic Bishop for Britain said Russian President Vladimir Putin is “interested – at all costs – in reforming” something like the Soviet Union.

A new report on the impact of Covid-19 school closures says children from low- and middle-income countries have been the hardest hit.