Prime Minister Narendra Modi was among those mourning the death of a Spanish Jesuit who contributed a new style of writing in Gujarati and translated many mathematical concepts into that Indian language.
Father Carlos Gonzalvez Valles died on Novem. 9 in Madrid, capital of Spain. The priest, who was popularly known as Father Valles, had turned 95 on November 4.

Consistory to reflect on Church’s mission to communicate God’s love
In a letter to the Cardinals ahead of a late-June Consistory, Pope Leo XIV calls for a deeper reflection on the themes of “Evangelii gaudium,”


