Interior of the Novoslobodskaya subway station in Moscow. Photo by adorerussia.com. – Vittorio Messori Can Comrade Stalin come to mind by participating in a Mass? It happened to me: in a church of โarchitectureโ (the name of this illustrious art…
– Aurelio Porfiri One of the reference books for those who want to know about the evolutions and involutions of Christianity in China is Christians in China, by Father Jean-Pierre Charbonnier MEP, also available in English from Ignatius Press. An…
Brazil is the largest Roman Catholic country in the world. In October of 1717, Dom Pedro de Almedida, Count of Assumar, was on his way to the state of Minas Gerais from Sao Paulo. He would have to pass by…
– Tej Francis DERRY, NORTHERN IRELAND CATHOLIC CHURCH IN NORTHERN IRELAND HIT WITH SECTARIAN GRAFFITI (CNA/EWTN News) A Catholic church in Northern Ireland was vandalized Tuesday morning with sectarian graffiti, upsetting parishioners and local leaders. “We never had a problem…
– Francesca Merlo (Vatican News) After having been struck by two earthquakes in the past week, the situation in Indonesia โ more specifically on the islands of Lombok and Bali – is drastic. With the death toll continuously rising, along…
– Pedro Daniel Oliveira On Sunday, August 12, the Macau Diocese celebrates the “Parish Day of Saint Lawrenceโs Church”, with a solemn Mass presided over by Msgr Stephen Lee Bun-sang, during which 7 parishioners will receive the sacraments of confirmation.
Eduardo Rodriguez Calsado (Catholic News Agency) July 25 marks the 50th anniversary of Pope Paul VI’s encyclical on married love and procreation, Humanae Vitae (On Human Life) which reaffirmed the Church’s teaching on the regulation of births. It was the…
– Sr Margaret Fung ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย On the 6th day of our pilgrimage, we are going…
– Pedro Daniel Oliveira Nicole Azevedo Barros is director and teacher of Nicole Dance School, which works with children and adults in different ways. The group from Cape Verde took part in the International Youth Dance Festival. Speaking to O…
– Linda Bordoni (Vatican News) Pope Francis has approved a new revision of paragraph number 2267 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, according to which โa new understanding has emerged of the significance of penal sanctions imposed by the…