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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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Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926)

Rilke and the young poet

More than 100 years ago Rainer Maria Rilke wrote ten letters to a young poet who wanted to learn to write poetry. Those letters, collected in a memorable book, are still relevant today because they vitally appeal to today's readers who long to be poets.

Jaime Nubiola

11 Apr 2017
Detail of the Annunciation, 432-440 (Rome, Santa Maria Maggiore)

The Annunciation in Art up to the Middle Ages

The Annunciation of the Lord (Lk 1:26-38) is, in the Christian tradition, the moment of the Incarnation. In the history of salvation, the Annunciation to Mary constitutes the moment of the Incarnation. "fullness of time" (Gal 4:4). By her assent to the divine message, the Virgin Mary becomes the Mother of Jesus. This biblical scene has been frequently depicted in art.

Omnes

10 Mar 2017
dorothy day

Dorothy Day. The long loneliness

Last September 24 in his memorable address to the US Congress Pope Francis mentioned four times Dorothy Day (1897-1980), "daughter of this land" who "fought for justice and the cause of the oppressed with unceasing work", who "dreamed of social justice and the rights of people".

Jaime Nubiola

24 Jan 2017
Hannah Arendt

Hannah Arendt and the nostalgia for God

The appeal of Hannah Arendt's figure and thought grows greater with each passing day. She does not speak of God, but her readers can perhaps recognize the nostalgia for God in her courageous defense of human beings and their reason.

Carmen Camey y Jaime Nubiola

27 Dec 2016
hilary putnam and jaime nubiola

Hilary Putnam (1926-2016): an American philosopher.

Hilary Putnam has been one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century. His thought has evolved from the stricter scientism of the Vienna Circle to an open pragmatism in which there is ample room for non-scientific knowledge, the humanities, ethics, aesthetics and religion.

Jaime Nubiola

31 Aug 2016
van gogh

Van Gogh, searching for God's colors

Vincent Van Gogh is undoubtedly one of the essential artists of the 19th century. His paintings -and his letters- impress us and thousands of our contemporaries today, because they say a lot, to the point that they can even speak to us of God. That is why he is a frontier painter, today more current than ever.

Jaime Nubiola

13 May 2016

The Bridge of Spies

The film 'Bridge of Spies' is a visually majestic film, where photography and shots are very well thought out and executed, in the best Spielberg style. It is also a great treatise on character development.

Jairo Velásquez

13 Feb 2016

The child who treated the Pope with mercy

Javier Anleu wrote a series of e-mails to John Paul II in 2005. He was nine years old. His words comforted the Pope in the last days of his life.

Juan Bautista Robledillo

27 Jan 2016

Movies: The Force Awakens

To begin with, I consider that this review should differ from others, in order to preserve the reader's curiosity on this occasion. It would not be appropriate to tell plot elements of the film, precisely so as not to ruin the surprise effect.

Jairo Velásquez

13 Jan 2016

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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