A “dream” that could soon become a reality is how the bishop of Helsinki, Raimo Goyarrola, described the founding of the first Catholic school in Finland, where the Catholic Church practically disappeared after the state adopted Lutheranism in the 16th century as a...
The Central African Bishops’ Conference made a forceful appeal for peace founded on justice, for political responsibility, and for the rejection of every form of violence, in a message released on January 11, at the end of their Plenary Assembly. This message...
The President of the Venezuelan Bishops’ Conference Commission for Education, Bishop Carlos Enrique Curiel Herrera, urges all children, adolescents, young people, and other members of educational communities to use the tools of study and learning to build harmony for...
Pope Leo XIV has proclaimed a “Special Year of St. Francis” to commemorate the 800th anniversary of the saint’s death. During this time of grace, which will extend until January 2027, the faithful are granted the opportunity to obtain a plenary indulgence. This...
Although it was not a specific topic of the Extraordinary Consistory held on January 7–8, Pope Leo XIV took the opportunity to speak to the roughly 170 cardinals—both electors and non-electors—about a problem that “remains a real wound in the life of the Church in...
