The Minister of Culture and Sport, Rebeca Esnaola, visited this morning in Carcastillo the restoration works inside the abbey church of the monastery of Santa María de La Oliva. During her visit, she was accompanied by the abbot of the monastery, Javier Urós; the Government delegate in Navarra, José Luis Arasti and the mayor of … Read more
“Practicing the spirituality of encounter: this is essential for living synodality in the Church”. This is what the Pope declared to the members of the Primatial Council of the Confederation of Canons Regular of Saint Augustine received in audience on Friday morning January 13 in the Private Library. We publish below the speech of the … Read more
ROME , January 17, 2023 / 9:00 AM (ACI Stampa).- The great facade of the basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore is in the background, while in front of the church of Sant’Antonio Abate all’Esquilino there is a clearing that opens in front to the large square of the Roman basilica dedicated to the Virgin Mary. … Read more
The church of Sant’Antonio Abate all’EsquilinoPhoto: AT By Antonio Tarallo ROME, January 17, 2023 / 9:00 AM (ACI Press).- The large facade of the basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore is in the background, while in front of the church of Sant’Antonio Abate all’Esquilino there is a widening that opens in front of the large square … Read more
This Friday October 15th the Church celebrates the feast of one of the great saints of the Church and also of Spain. Is about Saint Teresa of Avilareformer of Carmel, mystic and author of great treatises on spirituality. Barely 15 days separate her feast from that of another great religious saint, Saint Therese of Lisieux, … Read more
by Carlos Esteban | January 12, 2023 Before he died, Australian Cardinal George Pell published in London’s The Spectator a bitter criticism of the synod of synodality taking place in Rome. For his interest, we reproduce it in its entirety: The Synod of Catholic Bishops is now busy building what they consider “the divine dream” … Read more
This monumental composition (4.1m x 3.2m) delivers, in a very ornate style, a reading of the story appearing in a few verses in the Gospel according to Saint Matthew (2, 9-11) After hearing the king, [les mages] left. And behold, the star which they had seen in the east preceded them, until it came … Read more
From today on newsstands the new issue of the monthly «Left» that the “shop” warmly recommends. «The Catholic Assistance Lobby» by Carla Corsetti and Federico Tulli; «We discovered it on Facebook» by Lorenzo Fargnoli; “The hands of the bishops in our pockets” by Roberto Grandene; then three articles by Tulli: «Noi, ex nuns fled from … Read more
The coexistence of two popes, Francis and Benedict XVI, was not strictly unprecedented in the history of the Catholic Church. One would have to go back to the Middle Ages to find similar but not analogous situations. The resignation of Gregory XII (1415) was aimed at resolving the so-called schism of the West. Perhaps the … Read more
updated to January 05, 2023 2:25 PM · Reading: Still without your Kings gift? Give National Geographic History at the best price today. GIVE AWAY Share your knowledge with National Geographic History. In Reyes Give a subscription at the best price today. GIVE AWAY Khirbat el-Masani, about four kilometers northwest of Jerusalem, is a … Read more