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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

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The madman of God

God's madman at the end of the world

"El loco de Dios en el fin del mundo" is a work by Javier Cercas, in which he accompanies Pope Francis on a trip to Mongolia to seek answers for his believing mother. Published in early 2025, it has been described as an "existential thriller" that blends spiritual reflection, travelogue and in-depth portrait of the Pontiff.

Andrés Cárdenas Matute

11 Jun 2025
words

Words of hatred and hatred of words

Anna Pintore analyzes how censorship in liberal democracies has mutated from coercive to structural, promoted in the name of the common good, but at the risk of undermining freedom of expression. The only legitimate censorship would be ethical self-censorship, based on human dignity and respect for truth.

José Carlos Martín de la Hoz

11 Jun 2025
Arthur Schopenhauer

The wild years of philosophy

The recent reprinting of Rüdiger Safranski's "Schopenhauer and the Wild Years of Philosophy" offers an unbeatable opportunity to rediscover the exciting crossover between life and thought in one of the most singular philosophers of the 19th century.

José Carlos Martín de la Hoz

8 Jun 2025
Maria Zambrano

The Christian humanism of María Zambrano

Maria Zambrano's thought, rooted in Christian faith and poetic reason, represents a spiritual humanism deeply linked to philosophy, theology and poetry.

José Carlos Martín de la Hoz

6 Jun 2025
Maria Teresa Vigón

Catholic scientists: María Teresa Vigón, Ph.D. in Chemistry

María Teresa Vigón, a doctor in Chemistry who was a professor in the Higher Optics Course at the CSIC and later became a nun. This series of short biographies of Catholic scientists is published thanks to the collaboration of the Society of Catholic Scientists of Spain.

Alfonso Carrascosa

2 Jun 2025
erotic and maternal

Erotic and maternal

Dr. Mariolina Ceriotti Migliarese explains that women have two essential and complementary dimensions: the erotic dimension, which strengthens the feminine identity and the couple's relationship, and the maternal dimension, which is fully realized in the dedication to the children.

Álvaro Gil Ruiz

31 May 2025
Nero contemplates the burning of Rome.

Roman persecutions against Christians

With the public manifestation of the first Christian community and its rapid growth, Roman persecutions against outward manifestations of faith arose. Reports speak of thousands executed or condemned.  

Jerónimo Leal

31 May 2025
Conversos

"Conversos": recognizing Christ at the end of the Middle Ages.

David Jiménez Blanco, an economist with a passion for the past, tells the story of Jewish conversions in medieval Spain in Conversos.

José Carlos Martín de la Hoz

30 May 2025
Heliodoro Dols.

The architect of Torreciudad, Heliodoro Dols, passed away.

The Valencian Heliodoro Dols Morell, architect of Torreciudad, died today at the age of 91 in Zaragoza. A native of Madrid by training and Aragonese by adoption, he was part of the famous CX promotion of the Madrid School of Architecture, graduates in 1959, among others, Fernando Higueras, Curro Inza, Miguel de Oriol, Eduardo Mangada, Luis Peña Ganchegui and Manolo Jorge.

Francisco Otamendi

28 May 2025
canon law theology

The Theology of Canon Law

Cardinal Rouco Varela proposes in his latest manual a vision of canon law as a theological expression of Church-communion.

José Carlos Martín de la Hoz

26 May 2025

Pope's Travels

The day I was a Swiss Guard

Papua New Guinea, second stop on Pope Francis' trip
Mongolia

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

Pope Francis in Marseille, plurality as a resource
Hungary Pope

Hungary: Pope Francis' next destination
Pope Congo's journey

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

The Catholic Church in Congo and South Sudan
Congo

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

Pope Francis and initiatives for dialogue with Islam
Pope Francis Bahrain

Interreligious and ecumenical dialogue, a weapon to defuse any conflict

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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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