Analysis Opinion•Persecuted Christians

Hate Crimes on The Rise Against Christians in Europe

On November 16, the Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe (OIDAC) published its Annual Report on the occasion of International Tolerance Day. The Report points out that hate crimes against Christians increased. In 2022 alone, 748 hate crimes were committed.

Nov 21, 2023 23:20

Rafael Llanes

Local Church

German Catholics Donated 673 Million Euros to Projects Worldwide

The President of the Conference of the Weltkirche Commission, Bishop Bertram Meier, Bishop of Augsburg, expresses the high scope of the commitment of German Catholics to the world Church.

Sep 28, 2023 21:55

Rafael Llanes

Local Church•Persecuted Christians•Testimonies

Cardinal Sako, Patriarch of Chaldean Catholics Says: “I’m Disappointed by the Holy See’s Position”

In an interview with AsiaNews on September 23, Cardinal Louis Raphaël I Sako, Patriarch of the Chaldeans of the Middle East, expressed the need that Rome speak to avoid a dangerous future for Iraqi Christians.

Sep 27, 2023 17:06

Rafael Llanes

Local Church•Testimonies

Benedict XVI’s Biographer Defends the Deceased Pope . . . from the President of the German Bishops!

“Mr Bätzing, I urge you to cease making knowingly false statements about Benedict XVI and that you apologize for spreading falsehoods about the German Pope,” Peter Seewald requested Georg Bätzing, leader of the German Bishops

Sep 25, 2023 16:09

Rafael Llanes

Local Church

Vatican’s Secretary of State Went to Andorra to Address Thorny Questions of The Principality’s Life

A delicate matter faced by Cardinal Pietro Parolin was the decriminalization of abortion, which both sides address with constant dialogue and discretion.

Sep 18, 2023 15:18

Rafael Llanes

Local Church

Civil Lawsuit Continues in Australia Against Deceased Cardinal George Pell

Justice pursues the Cardinal, even after his death.

Sep 18, 2023 15:15

Rafael Llanes

Rome

Three original works by El Greco in a church in Rome as a preparation for the Jubilee 2025

The painter’s canvases are on display in the Basilica of Santa Agnes, a building erected on the site where the saint was martyred: the Circus of Domitian, the current Piazza Navona.

Sep 16, 2023 20:44

Rafael Llanes

Local Church•Testimonies

New-born and All His Family To Be Beatified

The new-born child is considered a martyr by the Church, dying out of hatred of the Faith (odium fidei) in Marcowa, a small Polish town on the border with Ukraine. 

Sep 05, 2023 16:50

Rafael Llanes

Local Church

This Is the Vocational Decline in Europe in 2023

If this trend is confirmed, the number of ordinations of diocesan priests will have decreased by 50% in two decades — an unheard of fact.

Aug 23, 2023 18:03

Rafael Llanes

Testimonies•WYD Lisbon 2023

Miracle in Lisbon’s WYD: 16-Year-Old Girl Recovers Her Sight after Praying the Rosary with the Pope

On Saturday morning, August 5, Jimena Barón woke up in Lisbon with blurry vision, just as on the days before her trip. She and her family regard the recovery of her sight as a miracle, fruit of the devotion and faith with which she lived a Novena to the Virgin of the Snows.

Aug 16, 2023 07:07

Rafael Llanes

Testimonies•Young People

The DJ Priest Who Woke Up One and a Half Million Young People in Lisbon’s WYD

“I prepared it all to wake up the people, as if it were a hymn to God’s glory, as our life must be,” he said, after making everyone dance from 7:00 am on Sunday morning, August 6.

Aug 13, 2023 17:52

Rafael Llanes

Local Church

Paris: Plan is Approved for the Rehabilitation of the Square of the Cathedral of Notre Dame 

The National Commission for Architecture and Heritage gave a positive opinion to the proposed development, albeit without concrete benches and keeping the enclosing gates all around.

May 22, 2023 14:53

Rafael Llanes