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enero, 2024

Also present were participants in the annual study visit of young priests and monks from the Eastern Orthodox Churches Photo: Vatican Media

Local Church•Pope Francis

New bishop consecrated in China with Pope Francis’ approval

On a population that has more than doubled, according to estimates from various sources, the number of baptized Catholics ranges from ten thousand to twenty thousand. Since the signing of the Interim Agreement between the People’s Republic of China and the Holy See (September 22, 2018), there have been no illegitimate episcopal ordinations in China, those celebrated without papal consent, which had caused painful lacerations among Chinese Catholics since the late 1950s

Good News•Testimonies

Convert Jew Is Baptized in Madrid While His Son Prepares for His First Communion

He spent four long years in discernment, during which he saw many “signs” that confirmed his path. As that time when he was waiting for his wife Cristina, seated on a bench, and begging God for light to know if it was Judaism or Christianity. “Lord, what should I do? At that very moment, a priest came out of the building across the street and greeted me.” Javier saw the answer