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Parish Priest of Nuuk, Greenland: ‘Our home is not for sale’‍

“We want to choose [Greenland’s] future ourselves.” A quiet determination runs through the icy streets of Nuuk, which, with its 20,000 inhabitants, is Greenland’s main city. It is Father Tomaž Majcen, a Slovene Franciscan friar, who is describing the atmosphere on the Artic island to Vatica

Vatican doctrine chief warns against blogs claiming theological authority

The Vatican’s doctrine chief warned that blogs and online commentators increasingly claim a theological authority they do not possess, narrowing the church’s ability to holistically engage faith and reality.  Opening the plenary assembly of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith on Jan. 27, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, dicastery prefect, said theologians risk “losing […]

81 years since the liberation of Auschwitz: ‘Let memory become a light’

Memory must not turn into a ritual or a “lesson to be checked off,” speakers stressed during the anniversary commemorations at Auschwitz-Birkenau, the former German Nazi concentration camp. Survivor Bernard Offen appealed: “Let memory not be a burden. Let it become a light that will guide us in the darkness,” while Auschwitz Museum Director Piotr […]

Restoration of Bethlehem’s Grotto of the Nativity ‘a sign of hope and unity’

In Bethlehem, everything is ready to begin the restoration works of the Grotto of the Nativity, occurring for the first time in 600 years. The announcement was made jointly by the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Custody of the Holy Land. They expressed their joy at the initiative, which also involves the cooperation of the […]

Cardinal Parolin in Denmark: Church’s credibility is not from power, but witness

“The Church remains credible not because of power, numbers, or strategies, but when faith becomes a lived witness, expressed and translated into concrete acts of liberation, justice, and mercy that restore dignity and open paths to true freedom.” Cardinal Pietro Parolin made this statement when presiding over Mass on January 25, at the Cathedral of […]

Holy See and diplomats echo Pope Leo’s call for an ‘unarmed’ peace

Against a backdrop of escalating conflict and a renewed reliance on the “logic of brute force,” the Holy See’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Geneva, led by Archbishop Ettore Balestrero, Apostolic Nuncio and Permanent Observer of the Holy See, hosted its 17th Annual Interreligious Service for Peace on 28 January, bringing together around […]