55th World Peace Day: Education, work and dialogue between generations
The Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development presents the message for the 55th World Peace Day, an observance marked annually on 1 January.
Saint Irenaeus to become Doctor of the Church
Pope Francis authorized Cardinal Marcello Semeraro to confer the title of Doctor of the Universal Church on Saint Irenaeus.
A mission to prevent lonely deaths in South Korea
Each month, Sophia Cho Soon-hee leads a team of Catholic volunteers to visit every lonely elderly person in Gwangan Parish in Busan of South Korea.
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI turns 95 on Holy Saturday
It was 16 April 1927 - a Holy Saturday - when Joseph Ratzinger, later Pope Benedict XVI, was born in the Bavarian town of Marktl am Inn.
Caritas on World Refugee Day: Walls cannot become the norm
On World Refugee Day, Caritas Internationalis and Caritas Europe reiterate their call for international solidarity in welcoming refugees...
At SIGNIS World Congress, Myanmar’s Cardinal Bo lauds role of media in promoting peace
Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Myanmar, president of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences, hailed the role of media, especially Catholic media, in promoting peace.