Church and World Events

Church and World Events

Marian devotion grows in Bangladesh The Catholic community in Bangladesh is experiencing a surge in devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Holy Rosary,...

Church and World Events

Religious life on the border with North Korea On one of the world’s most dangerous borders, a group of nuns from the Visitation Order prays...

Church and World Events

Church remains unscathed after fires in Hawaii The devastating wildfires that ravaged Hawaii and destroyed more than two thousand buildings in the town of Lahaina,...

Church and World Events

Fire consumes incorrupt body of St. Benedict The church attached to the Convent of Santa Maria di Gesù, located on the slopes of Mount Grifone...

Church and World Events

Exhibition of works by Viollet-le-Duc The Museum of Fine Arts in the medieval city of Carcassonne in southern France opened an exhibition in June dedicated...

Church and World Events

Massive tribute to the Virgin of the Forsaken On the occasion of the centennial of the canonical coronation of the Virgin of the Forsaken, twelve...

Church and World Events

Devotion or tourism at Santiago de Compostela? Moved by faith, over seventy thousand people walked the historic route of Santiago de Compostela in the year...

Church and World Events

Less religion, more suicides A study conducted by Tyler Vanderweele, professor of epidemiology at Harvard University, shows that lack of religiosity is one of the...

Church and World Events

Amid tragedy, a sign of hope The catastrophic earthquake of magnitude 7.8 on the Richter scale that struck Turkey on February 6 left tens of...

Church and World Events

Mont Saint-Michel: one of the seven wonders of the world In the year marking one thousand years since the beginning of the construction of its...

Church and World Events

Desecrations and vandalism in Europe during Christmas Christmas celebrations have been the occasion for acts of vandalism against the Church. In the chapel of the...

Church and World Events

Thirty thousand Catholics pay homage to Our Lady in Muslim country In October, about thirty thousand Catholics gathered at the Shrine of Our Lady of...