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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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Thinking like a mountain Why read Aldo Leopold today?

The thought of Aldo Leopold, a classic of contemporary environmentalism, has for decades fed the urgent reflection on the care of the earth. Although he is not cited in the encyclical Laudato si (2015) his writings point to some concepts, such as "community" or "land ethics", that enrich our understanding of the "common home".

Marta Revuelta y Jaime Nubiola

25 Apr 2023
Rome Seminar

Identity and listening to become relevant in society again.

300 Church communicators will meet from May 2-4 at a seminar in Rome organized by the University of the Holy Cross.

Giovanni Tridente

23 Apr 2023
Pope Francis

A "Francis option" ten years into his pontificate

In this reading recommendation, Andrés Cárdenas Matute talks to us about the book Francesco's Optionby Armando Matteo, currently available only in Italian from the San Paolo Publishing House.

Andrés Cárdenas Matute

22 Apr 2023
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"Free". The film that uncovers the treasure of the contemplative life.

Friday, April 21, 2023 arrives in theaters in Spain. Free. A documentary film of the highest production level that delves, in an unprecedented way, into the life of the cloistered monasteries of Spain.

Maria José Atienza

20 Apr 2023

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UCAM and Foundation for Islamic Culture promote tolerance and peace

The impulse of human fraternity by Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Ahmad Al-Tayyeb, is beginning to take cultural and academic steps as well. The Catholic University of Murcia (UCAM), with the Foundation for Islamic Culture and Religious Tolerance (FICRT) and the Global Council for Tolerance and Peace (CGTP), are implementing a Master's Degree in Tolerance and World Peace Studies which begins in the fall.

Francisco Otamendi

17 Apr 2023
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Opera at the Los Angeles Cathedral

On March 11, the Cathedral of Our Lady of Los Angeles, in California, opened its doors to "Moses," an opera based on the biblical figure and composed by Henry Mollicone.

Gonzalo Meza

16 Apr 2023
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From Sixtus V to Francis, the Roman Curia in its key passages

Church historian Roberto Regoli analyzes the history and the successive changes of the Roman Curia up to the recent reform established through Praedicate Evangelium.

Antonino Piccione

15 Apr 2023
vatican gendarmerie

The Gendarmerie. The unknown Vatican security corps

Some 150 members make up this corps, less "showy" than the Swiss Guard, which is responsible for the Pope's public order functions, the security of the confines of the Vatican City State, the care of the property of the Vatican Museums, in addition to its role as judicial police.

Hernan Sergio Mora

14 Apr 2023

Tradition and faith around the world. Easter customs

Processions on horseback, the famous Easter eggs in various areas of central and northern Europe or traditional meals and gifts are some of the customs that, in various parts of the world, are lived with the arrival of Easter. 

P. Aguilera, M. Meilutyte, J.M. García Pelegrín, A. Bernar, A. y B. Borovský

10 Apr 2023
webb marriage forum

Omnes Forum: "Marriage in the West, from deconstruction to reconstruction".

This forum, organized together with the School of Canon Law of the University of Navarra, will address the reality of marriage in Western countries where more than half of all marriages end in breakup.

Maria José Atienza

4 Apr 2023

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

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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