From the slopes of Corcovado, Christ the Redeemer gazes over Rio de Janeiro with open arms, a figure that has long symbolized both faith and nation. For millions, it is not simply a tourist attraction but a sanctuary in the sky — a place of prayer, pilgrimage, and...
With less than a month to go before the canonization of Blessed Carlo Acutis, the sculpture St. Carlo at the Cross was unveiled in Assisi. The bronze artwork, created by renowned Canadian artist Timothy Paul Schmalz, shows him kneeling at the foot of the Cross. It is...
At the 50th National Day of Intercession for Priests at Ireland’s International Eucharistic and Marian Shine in Knock, Co Mayo, Archbishop of Armagh Eamon Martin said abuse had damaged priestly fraternity, credibility and the “precious trust” between priests and their...
Two seminarians kidnapped in Nigeria’s southern Edo State appeared in a video filmed by their captors, pleading with their parents, the Church and the general public to help secure their release. They were seized in an attack on the Diocese of Auchi’s Immaculate...
Colombia’s bishops expressed their outrage after at least 18 people died and more than 40 were injured after two attacks in Colombia attributed to different dissident factions of the former FARC guerrilla group. Bishops decried as “brutal” the...
