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‘Are you dead?’ The most downloaded app among Chinese people living alone‍

A new app is now available that lets people confirm that they are alive with a single click. If no such confirmation is received within 48 hours, the app sends a notification to a designated contact. This is how Sileme works, a basic Chinese app that has recently hit the headlines for the

The Shroud of Turin goes digital: Turin officially opens an ancient relic to the world in the AI era

On January 9, Pope Leo XIV stepped into an encounter with the Shroud of Turin unlike any experienced by his predecessors. Inside the Apostolic Palace, the Pontiff became the first person to explore a new digital reading of the Shroud, an initiative known as Avvolti, presented to him by Cardinal Roberto Repole, Archbishop of Turin […]

Cardinal encourages Mexicans to demand authorities bring criminals to justice

Cardinal José Francisco Robles Ortega, archbishop of Guadalajara, Mexico, said that authorities have a “mandate to protect us” from violence and therefore encouraged the population to “demand” that they fulfill their duty. “Bringing to justice those who commit violence, those who commit homicides or injustices, that is the responsibility of the authorities,” he said at […]

Czech bishop declares Year of Reconciliation 80 years after World War II expulsions

Eighty years after the expulsion of ethnic Germans from Czechoslovakia, a Czech bishop has declared a local Year of Reconciliation to address wounds that remain from World War II and its aftermath. Bishop Stanislav Přibyl of Litoměřice announced the initiative in a pastoral letter dated Dec. 31, 2025, following the end of the Jubilee of Hope on […]

Venezuelan bishop calls for ‘maintaining serenity, peace, and above all, a climate of prayer’

“It is necessary, although difficult, to maintain serenity, peace, and above all, a climate of prayer” is the appeal of Bishop Juan Carlos Bravo Salazar of Petare, Venezuela, following the U.S. law enforcement and military operation that led to the capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro in the early hours of Saturday, Jan. 3. In […]

Pope: Sense of belonging more important than numbers of people in Church

The January edition of the Italian magazine, Piazza San Pietro, is dedicated to the theme of peace and in it, Pope Leo XIV responds to Nunzia, a 50-year-old Swiss catechist who wrote him a letter detailing her struggle to get families involved in the parish.  In her letter Nunzia – who lives in Laufenburg, a […]