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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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From merchants of Florence to saintly Servants of Mary

Seven wealthy merchants of Florence decided in the 13th century to abandon the world and retire to contemplation. In honor of God, they placed themselves at the service of the Virgin Mary. The community had a prior, St. Bonifilio Monaldi, and one of them lived to the age of 110, St. Alessio Falconieri. The Church celebrates them on February 17, together with St. Theodore of Heraclea.

Francisco Otamendi

17 Feb 2025

St. Onesimus, disciple of St. Paul, and St. Claude of Colombière

On February 15, the Church celebrates St. Onesimus, who was a runaway slave in Colossae, was welcomed and converted by St. Paul, and later evangelized Asia; the French Jesuit priest St. Claude de la Colombière, and the 2nd century martyrs Saints Faustino and Jovita.

Francisco Otamendi

15 Feb 2025

Poor Sisters: "We want to share our contemplative life".

The Poor Sisters have turned social media into an evangelization tool, bringing their contemplative life and music to thousands of people.

Javier García Herrería

15 Feb 2025

Saints Cyril and Methodius, co-patron saints of Europe, and St. Valentine, martyr

Saints Cyril and Methodius, brothers, spread the Christian message in Eastern Europe, which is why St. John Paul II proclaimed them co-patrons of Europe. The Church celebrates them today, February 14, together with St. Zeno and St. Valentine, martyrs. The latter is considered the patron saint of lovers.

Francisco Otamendi

14 Feb 2025

Giavani Cairo, The Chosen actor, tells how the series rekindled his faith

Actor Giavani Cairo, who plays the apostle Judas Thaddeus, was raised Catholic but fell away from his faith. He rediscovered it while still acting in Los Angeles.

OSV / Omnes

13 Feb 2025

The martyrs of Abitinia and St. Eulalia of Barcelona, witnesses to the faith

Today the Church celebrates the 49 holy martyrs of Abitinia or Abitina, today's Tunisia, caught in the Eucharist in defiance of the imperial prohibition. One of them answered before dying: "Sine dominico non possumus" (without Sunday we cannot live). Barcelona commemorates Saint Eulalia, virgin and martyr.

Francisco Otamendi

12 Feb 2025

The Peruvian bishop who multiplied by 4 the number of priests in his diocese in 13 years

Monsignor José María Ortega, Bishop of the Diocese of Juli in Peru, explains that the first task he undertook after his appointment was to get to know and care for priests. Thanks to his work, he has managed to increase the number of priests in his diocese fourfold in just thirteen years.

P. Manuel Tamayo

11 Feb 2025

Our Lady of Lourdes, Health of the Sick

The feast of Our Lady of Lourdes is celebrated on February 11. The story began in the 19th century when little Bernadette Soubirous received a visit from the Virgin Mary. To her questions about who she was, the Virgin replied: "I am the Immaculate Conception". Today is the XXXIII World Day of the Sick.

Loreto Rios

11 Feb 2025

St. Josephine Bakhita, patron saint of trafficking victims

On February 8, the Church celebrates St. Josephine Bakhita, a Sudanese woman enslaved as a child who, after her liberation, consecrated herself to Jesus Christ as a Canossian nun in Italy. She is the patroness of Sudan. Today she is invoked in a special way, as it is the 11th World Day of Prayer and Reflection against Human Trafficking. It is also the feast of St. Jerome Emilianus, patron of orphans.

Francisco Otamendi

8 Feb 2025

Blessed Pius IX, Pope, and St. Richard of Wessex, layman

On February 7, the Catholic saints' calendar celebrates Blessed Pius IX (1792-1878), the longest-serving Pope in the Catholic Pontificate, 31 years and 7 months, perhaps second only to St. Peter. St. Richard of Wessex, father of holy evangelizers of Germany.

Francisco Otamendi

7 Feb 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