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Nearly Forty Thousand Pilgrims Visit Częstochowa Despite the pandemic, and fulfilling all health regulations in force, sixty-three groups of pilgrims totalling almost forty thousand people visited the Marian Shrine of Częstochowa in Poland to celebrate the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary last August 15. The Bishop of Radom, Most …
Editorial team - 30, September 2021

Church and World Events

On July 25, thirty-four new Vietnamese priests were ordained. They will be sent as missionaries wherever the Lord calls them to proclaim and witness to the Gospel. “It is a day of great joy, a day of great blessing in the Diocese of Vinh,” commented Bishop Alphonso Nguyen Huu Long, …
Editorial team - 31, August 2021

Church and World Events

On June 11, at a ceremony presided over by Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, Archbishop of Poznań and President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, the Bishops of Poland renewed the consecration of their country to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Referring to a stained glass window in the Sacred Heart Basilica in …
Editorial team - 31, July 2021

Church and World Events

After a long period of closure due to restrictions prompted by COVID-19, the eight Eucharistic Adoration chapels of the Spanish Diocese of Valencia have once again opened their doors to the faithful. They are located in Alzira, Gandia, Valencia, Alcoi, Agullent, Catarroja, Requena and Moncada. Hundreds of people participate each …
Editorial team - 30, June 2021

Church and World Events

In the Church of St. John the Baptist, in Qaraqosh, northern Iraq, one hundred and twenty-one children made their First Holy Communion. The celebrant, Fr. Majeed Attalla, said that four hundred more are still waiting to receive this Sacrament, and stated: “Thank God we have many children, and this is …
Editorial team - 31, May 2021

Church and World Events

On the Solemnity of St. Joseph, the Archbishop of Hue, Vietnam, presided over a Thanksgiving Eucharist to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the return of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns to their monastery, confiscated by the communist regime in 1975. Fifty priests and three hundred lay people attended the celebration. In …
Editorial team - 30, April 2021

Church and World Events

The annual NGO Open Doors report states that more than three hundred and forty million Christians in the world suffer persecution because of their religion, at high, very high or extreme levels. This is equivalent to saying that one in eight people who profess the Christian faith face this distressing …
Editorial team - 28, February 2021

Church and World Events

The inhabitants of the Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina, situated in the Caribbean but belonging to Colombia, were amazed that a monumental statue of the Virgin Mary erected there remained unscathed amidst the destruction caused by Hurricane Iota. The occurrence was so remarkable that even the Colombian …
Editorial team - 31, December 2020

Church and World Events

According to reports by Gaudium Press agency, some countries have experienced a significant increase in the number of religious vocations during the pandemic. An example of this is the convent of the Dominican Sisters of Mary Mother of the Eucharist in Ann Harbor, Michigan, where eighteen new postulants were accepted. …
Editorial team - 30, November 2020

Church and World Events

The Vatican Library launched a new website in July to facilitate and expand access to its collection and services. In the new portal, visitors will be able to find out about, see and consult various contents such as medals, coins, engravings and manuscripts. In addition, people who register will have …
Editorial team - 31, August 2020

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