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Holywins: una alternativa alegre y católica a Halloween

Familias católicas de Europa impulsan Holywins, una celebración que invita a descubrir la alegría de la santidad y el sentido cristiano del Día de Todos los Santos.

Omnes Editorial Staff

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Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of Extremadura and Queen of the Hispanic World

Extremadura (Spain) celebrates the solemnity of its Patron Saint, Our Lady of Guadalupe, and Queen of Hispanity on September 6. A different invocation to the Virgin of Guadalupe, patron saint of Mexico and Empress of America, whose feast day is December 12.

Francisco Otamendi

6 Sep 2025

Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati: how to "be a saint in the normality of life".

In a widely circulated photo, Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati appears to pause during a mountain hike and leans on his cane, smoking a pipe. His posture is relaxed and confident. For many, Frassati is someone they could imagine among their friends, a future saint who somehow resembles them. Pope Leo XIV will canonize him, along with Carlo Acutis, this Sunday.

OSV / Omnes

4 Sep 2025

St. Moses, liberator of the Hebrew people and transmitter of the Decalogue

On September 4, the Church celebrates St. Moses, prophet and liberator of the Hebrew people from the slavery of Egypt to the Promised Land, according to the Bible. He received from God the Ten Commandments (the Decalogue) on Mount Sinai, and is a central figure in Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

Francisco Otamendi

4 Sep 2025

History of the icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa: wars and scars

The famous image of Our Lady of Czestochowa, known as the 'Black Madonna', is the protagonist of a dramatic story intertwined with Polish history and faith. While legends trace the image to St. Luke and the table of the Holy Family, art historians date it to between the 6th and 14th centuries. What is certain is its enduring role as the spiritual protector of Poland.

OSV / Omnes

3 Sep 2025

St. Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church, and Apostle of England

The liturgy celebrates on September 3 St. Gregory the Great, Pope, one of the four great Latin Fathers, along with St. Augustine, St. Ambrose, and St. Jerome. He promoted liturgical chant (Gregorian chant), the reform of the Mass, the management of Church goods, and the evangelization of England.

Francisco Otamendi

3 Sep 2025

Blessed martyrs of Paris in the French Revolution

The liturgy of the Church welcomes on September 2 many blessed martyrs in Paris during the massacres of 1792. There were 191 blessed, 96 locked up in the Carmelite convent of Paris, and other groups. The reason for their death was their refusal to swear the 'Civil Constitution of the clergy', considering it contrary to the faith. A text that had been condemned by Pope Pius VI in 1790.

Francisco Otamendi

2 Sep 2025

Saints Joshua, Egidius and martyrs of the religious persecution in the 20th Century

The liturgy includes on September 1 the feast of St. Joshua, successor of Moses in leading the people of Israel to the Promised Land. The saints' calendar also celebrates the abbot St. Egidius (or St. Giles) and, among others, blessed martyrs of the religious persecution of the 20th century.

Francisco Otamendi

1 Sep 2025

Interview with Cardinal Wojtyla on the priesthood

In October 1972, the magazine Palabra (no. 86) published an exclusive interview by Joaquín Alonso Pacheco with the then Cardinal Karol Wojtyła, Archbishop of Krakow. The conversation took place on the occasion of the first anniversary of the III Synod of Bishops, dedicated to the ministerial priesthood, in which the Polish cardinal had had a prominent participation.

Joaquín Alonso Pacheco

1 Sep 2025

While some question confession, others duplicate seminarians with audacious campaigns

Harvard documents the steep decline of confession in the United States as several dioceses, such as New York and Denver, try innovative campaigns to promote priestly vocations.

Javier García Herrería

30 Aug 2025

St. Margaret Ward, Blessed Cardinal Ildefonso Schuster and Blessed Maria Rafols

The liturgy celebrates many saints and blessed on August 30. Among them, the English martyr Margarita Ward, the Catalan Maria Rafols, founder of the congregation of the Sisters of Charity of St. Anne in the 19th century, and the Cardinal of Milan, the Roman Benedictine Ildefonso Schuster, who defended the Church and the freedom of education.

Francisco Otamendi

30 Aug 2025

Pope's Travels

The day I was a Swiss Guard

Papua New Guinea, second stop on Pope Francis' trip

“You don’t need to be rich or powerful, just have love,” says the Pope in Mongolia

Pope Francis in Marseille, plurality as a resource

Hungary: Pope Francis' next destination

Poverty, tensions and women: challenges ahead of the Pope's visit to Africa

The Catholic Church in Congo and South Sudan

The Pope travels to the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan. “Mbote François”, Okay, now, welcome!

Pope Francis and initiatives for dialogue with Islam

Interreligious and ecumenical dialogue, a weapon to defuse any conflict

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¿Cuál es el pensamiento político de san Agustín?

Santiago Leyra Curiá

Miracles of the Virgin Mary and nature: 'the sun danced', snowfalls, flowers…

Francisco Otamendi

Saints of Auschwitz: Kolbe, Stein, Salesians… The goal: education

Francisco Otamendi