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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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María Vallejo-Nágera

María Vallejo-Nágera: "We must get used to reading the Bible as a family".

Despite being the most translated and sold book in the world, many Catholics do not know the Bible well. María Vallejo-Nágera wants to find a solution to this and has therefore begun to write "La Biblia para zoquetes", a collection with which she wants to help the faithful to rediscover the Word of God.

Paloma López Campos

25 Sep 2024

Georgia

Ethnicity, culture and religion in Georgia: a diverse country

Georgia is a mosaic of cultural, ethnic and linguistic traditions. Its strategic location, straddling Europe and Asia, has been essential for the creation of a complex society, the result of the encounter, and clash, between peoples and religions.

Gerardo Ferrara

23 Sep 2024

There is only one father

Santiago Segura and "A Gentleman in Moscow", what you have to see this month

This month there are two very different recommendations, but entertainment is guaranteed in both. On the one hand, the fourth installment of "Padre no hay más que uno" and on the other, the series "Un caballero en Moscú".

Patricio Sánchez-Jáuregui

21 Sep 2024

Georgia

Georgia, the first El Dorado

In this new series, Gerardo Ferrara delves into Georgia, a country that straddles Europe and Asia, where landscapes, viticulture and a large collection of gold stand out.

Gerardo Ferrara

16 Sep 2024

Music

When music sows hope in the face of death

Music is not only a source of consolation in the tragic and bitter moments of death. In the case of the great masters, it also brings a new light to come to terms with them. When, moreover, the master is a man of faith, it comforts the listener with the sweet harmony of hope that brings the victory of Christ.

Antonio de la Torre

6 Sep 2024

St. Matilda

Women protagonists of medieval history: St. Mechthild of Ringelheim

In this series of articles, José García Pelegrín traces the lives of some of the women who played a leading role in medieval history in Germany. The protagonist is Mechthild, wife of Henry I, known as the "mother-in-law of Europe".

José M. García Pelegrín

5 Sep 2024

Catholic Scientists: María Josefa Molera, a pioneer despite difficulties

Catholic Scientists: María Josefa Molera, a pioneer despite difficulties

María Josefa Molera Mayo specialized in chemical kinetics and gas chromatography analytical techniques. Omnes offers this series of short biographies of Catholic scientists thanks to the collaboration of the Society of Catholic Scientists of Spain.

Ignacio del Villar

3 Sep 2024

Jordan

Jordan, from the Islamic conquest to the present day.

In this second part of the series on Jordan, Gerardo Ferrara narrates the history of the country from the Arab conquest to the present day.

Gerardo Ferrara

28 Aug 2024

Cathedral of Espira

The cathedral of Speyer, the largest Romanesque church in the world

Built in the 11th century, the Cathedral of Speyer is the burial place of German emperors and kings. Here, St. Bernard of Clairvaux wrote the hymn "Salve Regina"; both St. Edith Stein and St. John Paul II prayed before the statue of the Virgin Mary.

José M. García Pelegrín

27 Aug 2024

esquivel

Adolfo Pérez Esquivel (1931): "Another world is possible".

Forty years after winning the Nobel Peace Prize (1980) the Argentine artist, intellectual and activist Adolfo Pérez Esquivel still deserves our attention; his voice continues to resonate among us in favor of those most in need.

Graciela Jatib y Jaime Nubiola

24 Aug 2024

Pope's Travels

It's happening...

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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