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Marijana Petir, a member of the Croatian Parliament and former Member of the European Parliament.
Croatia is a country of four million people bordering Slovenia, Hungary...
Leonhard Niederwimmer
The Basilica of the Sacred Heart (Sacré-Cœur) in Paris
The Church in France has long been called the “eldest daughter of the Church,” but today there are challenges...
Domenichino, “Saint Agnes,” ca. 1620, Royal Collection
SAINTS & ART: St. Agnes is a reminder that the gift of virginity exists as an expression of devotion and availability to God
St. Agnes (c. 304) like St. Cecilia, is to be numbered among the most famous martyrs of Rome. When the Diocletian persecution was at its height, and when priests as well as laymen were apostatizing...
St. Fabian and St. Sebastian have always been venerated together, and their names were coupled in the ancient martyrologies, as they are still in the Litany of Saints.
In the previous calendar (1962) today is the commemoration of Sts. Marius, Martha, Audivax and Abachum, a group of Persian martyrs of the third century who died for the faith in Rome and also the...
The Vatican has included a group that advocates for women’s ordination on a website promoting a two-year consultation of rank-and-file Catholics, indicating that Pope Francis wants to hear from all...
Companies, especially those in the construction sector, must guarantee safety in the workplace to protect the rights and dignity of their workers, Pope Francis said.