Se cumplen 80 años de la persecución nazi hacia los judíos en Roma. El 16 de octubre de 1943 más de 1.000 fueron deportados al campo de exterminio de Auschwitz.

The priest who founded the movement, Fr. José Pedro Manglano, explains what Hakuna's relationship is with the different organizations in the Church: "We don't have to understand each other; we have to love each other."

The Pope's 2023 surgery was a consequence of his 2021 operation, which was related to his 1980 surgery in Argentina. He also had three cysts removed from his lungs in 1957.

When Pope Francis announced he was thinking of visiting Ukraine, right now in the middle of the war, journalists aboard the papal plane returning from Malta were not in the least surprised.

Despite peace talks and hopes for a ceasefire, tensions continue to escalate. And the tone of Pope Francis' condemnation of the war has been escalating along with them.

When Pope Francis says he will do “whatever is necessary” to end the war in Ukraine, that is exactly what he means...

Ever since the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Pope Francis has made it clear he intends doing everything he can – both to stop the war, and to help those who are suffering because of it.

Russia has invaded Ukraine – and war is the single topic of conversation.
How did this happen? How will it play out? How will it affect us? How should we react?

“Divide and conquer”: Julius Caesar said it first. Actually, he said it in Latin, “Divide et impera”. But it’s the same thing. The term has variously been used to describe a popular video game, a problem-solving algorithm,
and the method employed by some within the Vatican power structure to disc...

Pope Francis has often expressed his concern over what he calls a “demographic winter”, caused by falling birth-rates in developed countries.
In the United States alone, the number of households comprising a father, a mother and children, has halved in the last 50 years.

For Pope Francis, like the rest of us, 2021 was the year everything was conditioned by the pandemic. Even so, there're three moments likely to stand the test of time

Despite the Pope's best intentions, his latest visit there irritated some, angered others, and created a flurry of critical comments that claim the refugee crisis is a purely political issue, one that's outside the Pope's specifically spiritual mandate.

For someone who says he prefers to stay at home, Pope Francis hasn’t done too badly in terms of overseas travel. Since his election in 2013, he's already visited 50 countries – including the United States, in 2015.

These Italian mafias are more than just organised crime syndicates: they infiltrate political and economic power structures, feeding a network of corruption that often challenges the rule of law.

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