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From Mexico to the Vatican: The Catholic shrines that draw millions of people each year

From Mexico to Jerusalem, Catholic shrines and churches are scattered throughout the world, welcoming millions of visitors each year.
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Paloma López Campos

Notre Dame

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King of kings

The King of Kings, the best family film for Christmas, exceeds 100,000 viewers

The film tells the story of the origin of Christmas through the voice and imagination of Charles Dickens.

Omnes Editorial Staff

24 Dec 2025

your Sundays

Alauda and her Sundays

Sundays It is a film that transcends its own author, as demonstrated, among other things, by the remarkable public conversation it has generated, not only in the country's main media outlets, but also within families and work environments.

Omnes Editorial Staff

23 Dec 2025

The invisible creation, Asiel Timor Dei, Archangel musketeer

The Cuzco school broke with traditional conventions by depicting an archangel carrying an arquebus. Angels are messengers of God and protectors in the divine plan of salvation. Through the figure of the arquebusier archangel, their role as spiritual warriors defending the faithful is emphasized.

Omnes

20 Dec 2025

your Sundays

20 movies (and a few series) to watch at Christmas

Christmas is coming, and Christmas movies, or movies with a Christmas theme and atmosphere, never go out of style. Here are a few, 20 to be exact, some family-friendly, animated or not, and some for adults or teenagers. Everyone has their favorites. These or others.  

Francisco Otamendi

20 Dec 2025

Lilith

Did you know that Eve is a saint? And have you heard of the enigmatic shadow of Lilith?

According to Jewish tradition, Lilith was Adam's first wife, created before Eve, and expelled from paradise for refusing to obey her husband. In Christian iconography, this figure is associated with the female-faced serpent to represent temptation based on pride and rejection of the divine order.

Javier García Herrería

19 Dec 2025

Nativity scene in Gaza.

32 quotes from saints about Christmas

The birth of the Lord is fast approaching. It may be a good opportunity to recall some thoughts and quotes from saints about the mystery of Christmas. Here are 32 of them, though this list is by no means exhaustive.  

Francisco Otamendi

18 Dec 2025

Jean-Paul Sartre.

‘Bariona’: Jean-Paul Sartre raised the banner of Christmas hope in the face of the Nazis

‘Bariona, Son of Thunder, an exceptional work by Jean-Paul Sartre, helps us understand his thinking in an extreme context. It was written and performed at Christmas 1940 in a Nazi prison camp near Trier, where Sartre was one of 15,000 prisoners. In Bariona, Sartre raised the banner of hope.  

Francisco Otamendi

17 Dec 2025

poetry anthology

«Towards the homeland of eternal Love,» a new poetry anthology to rediscover Christmas

The work, comprising more than 500 pages and 270 poems, is a good read for those who enjoy meditating on the mysteries of the Incarnation at Christmas.

Javier García Herrería

16 Dec 2025

From Easter to Easter

Fabio Rosini offers Sunday homilies that invite us to live our faith and experience Easter in our daily lives.

Javier García Herrería

15 Dec 2025

Diego Saavedra Fajardo

Diego Saavedra Fajardo, a life in Rome

The best biography of Diego Saavedra Fajardo (1584-1648), an important Spanish diplomat who served particularly in the Holy See, has been published.

José Carlos Martín de la Hoz

13 Dec 2025

Pope's Travels

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Holywins: una alternativa alegre y católica a Halloween

Omnes Editorial Staff

pensamiento político san agustín

¿Cuál es el pensamiento político de san Agustín?

Santiago Leyra Curiá

Centenary of Our Lady of Fatima, 2017

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

Francisco Otamendi

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