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How clergy and religious grapple with chastity in the tech age

In stark reality, many priestly and religious individuals are failing to properly integrate their sexuality. They neglect to give it the necessary time, energy, and attention. This void is increasingly filled by a secular-tinged virtual world that infiltrates convents, monasteries, and seminaries, causing significant disorientation and deviation from their consecrated, chaste lives.

Local Church•Pope Francis

The world’s largest mural dedicated to a pope: Argentina unveils mural dedicated to Pope Francis

The mural’s creator, Martín Ron, is no stranger to large-scale urban art. Renowned for his hyperrealistic technique, Ron has transformed urban walls around the world into vivid portals of storytelling. But this piece, which stretches vertically up a building façade not far from the archdiocesan cathedral, carries particular emotional weight — both for the artist and for a nation that once called Jorge Mario Bergoglio its own.

Analysis Opinion•Religious Freedom

Ukraine’s ultimatum to Russian Orthodox Christians

Kiev has ordered the pro-Russian UOC to sever all ties with the Moscow Patriarchate by 18 August. It currently has around 10,000 parishes, a number now equivalent to that of the autocephalous Orthodox Church. Defending Metropolitan Onufryj – who has always maintained a balance between rejecting war and maintaining ties with the Russian Church – is Larisa Brodetskaja, a veteran of the Ukrainian armed forces in the resistance against Moscow’s troops.

Cardinals and Bishops•Holy Land

“We return from Gaza with broken hearts”: Cardinal Pizzaballa at press conference in Jerusalem

The conference opened with a video prepared by the Latin Patriarchate’s Media Office, featuring real scenes from Gaza that illustrated the severe humanitarian suffering and the vast destruction left by the war. Special focus was given to the Holy Family Latin Parish, which has become a refuge for dozens of displaced families—Christians and Muslims alike.

Pope Leo XIV

Peruvian composer writes symphony in honor of Leo XIV: to be performed in November, in Chiclayo

Musically, the «Augustinian Triptych» explores some of the most intricate dimensions of Augustine’s thought: the introspective search for truth, the philosophical tension between temporal and eternal realities, and the experience of divine grace. According to Quezada, the work is steeped in symbolism and meant to invite listeners into a meditative encounter.