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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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St. Paul Miki and companions martyred in Japan

On February 6, the Church celebrates St. Paul Miki and 25 companions martyred. After the arrival of St. Francis Xavier in Japan (1549-1551), Paul Miki, a Jesuit, was the first Japanese religious to be martyred. With him were crucified in Nagasaki two other Jesuits, six Franciscans and 17 lay people, some of them Spaniards.

Francisco Otamendi

6 Feb 2025

Cardinal Lazzaro You and Prelate Ocáriz, on the centenary of St. Josemaría's ordination

On March 27 and 28, the centenary of the priestly ordination of St. Josemaría, founder of Opus Dei, which took place on March 28, 1925, will be celebrated in Saragossa. After the Archbishop of Saragossa, Msgr. Carlos Escribano, Cardinal Lazzaro You Heung-sik, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Clergy, and the Prelate of Opus Dei, Prelate Fernando Ocáriz, among other participants, will take part in the celebrations.

Francisco Otamendi

6 Feb 2025

St. Agatha, virgin and martyr of Catania

The Church celebrates on February 5 St. Agatha (Agatha), patron saint of Catania. She was a Christian martyr during the persecution of Emperor Decius (3rd century), after defending her virginity and her faith. Her name appears in the Roman Canon together with Felicity and Perpetua, (Agatha), Lucia, Agnes, Cecilia, Anastasia...

Francisco Otamendi

5 Feb 2025

St. Oscar, Apostle of Scandinavia

The French St. Ansgarius (Oscar) was bishop of Hamburg and Bremen, and sowed in Scandinavian lands the first seed of the proclamation of faith in Christ. The Church also celebrates today, February 3, St. Blaise, physician and later bishop of Sebaste (Armenia) in the 4th century. St. Blaise performed numerous miracles and is invoked for throat diseases.

Francisco Otamendi

3 Feb 2025

Bishop Martinelli speaks of Dubai "miracle" and wants to be in Yemen

Capuchin Bishop Paolo Martinelli (Milan, 1958) is Vicar of South Arabia, an ecclesiastical jurisdiction that includes Yemen, Oman and the United Arab Emirates. During his visit to Madrid, he said that he wishes to take up again the presence of the Church in Yemen. He also reveals that "in Dubai we have the largest parish in the world, with more than 150,000 faithful every weekend, from one hundred countries. All migrants. It is a 'miracle'".

Francisco Otamendi

3 Feb 2025

St. Brigid of Kildare, Abbess and Co-Patroness of Ireland

On February 1, the Church celebrates St. Bridget, founder of one of the first monasteries in Ireland, in Kildare. She was a faithful continuator of St. Patrick's work of evangelization and shares the patronage of Ireland with St. Patrick and St. Columbanus. She is considered the first Irish nun.

Francisco Otamendi

1 Feb 2025

St. John Bosco, founder of the Salesians

A great pedagogue, a great teacher of the spiritual life and an apostle of devotion to Mary. Auxilium Christianorum. The life and legacy of St. John Bosco, which the Church celebrates on January 31, is a guide for thousands of people today.

Manuel Belda

31 Jan 2025

Joost Joustra: "Works of art have as much to say as theologians".

Joost Joustra, professor at King's College London, delves into the relationship between art and religion in this interview with Omnes, arguing that the works produced by some artists can contribute a lot to the understanding of theological aspects.

Paloma López Campos

29 Jan 2025

St. Thomas Aquinas, "lamp of the Church and of the world".

On January 28, the Church celebrates St. Thomas Aquinas, the Angelic Doctor. St. Paul VI called him "lamp of the Church and of the whole world". St. John Paul II, "master of thought". Benedict XVI underlined his work of "harmony between faith and reason", and Pope Francis encouraged us to put ourselves "in his school" by launching three years of celebrations.

Francisco Otamendi

28 Jan 2025

Uncompromising faith in the college soccer championship

The biggest news in national championship soccer these days has not been that the University of Notre Dame lost to Ohio State 34-23. Rather, it was that the existing rivalry has given way to a unabashed demonstration of Christian faith by both teams, on the field and at press conferences.

OSV / Omnes

27 Jan 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