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Russia has revived the Intervision song contest, which Moscow hopes will become a rival to the “declining” Eurovision, AFP reported. Performers from more than 20 countries took part and the…
Christianity
Pope Leo XIV gave his first interview since being elected head of the Catholic Church in May. It was published on the Catholic website 18 September and was conducted by…
Christianity
* By Martin Hoegger For Chiara Lubich, founder of the Focolare Movement, nature is not a neutral backdrop but a word of God in the open air. Without directly addressing…
Christianity
*By Martin Hoegger Heraklion, 9 October 2025. The Patriarchal Academy of Crete hosted a scientific and theological symposium devoted to the theology of ecology. Two lectures marked the day: one by…
Christianity
* By Martin HoeggerThe ecological crisis cannot be resolved by green technologies or international treaties alone. It requires a conversion of the heart and a rediscovery of the spiritual meaning…
Africa
With the conflict in Sudan, which began in 2023, on the agenda at the United Nations General Assembly in New York in recent days, a legal case has also been filed before the International Criminal Court…
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A coalition of non-governmental organizations has sounded the alarm ahead of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women’s 70th session (CSW70) about compounded gender-based violence and freedom of…
Events
As the world prepares to mark the sixtieth anniversary of Nostra Aetate—the groundbreaking Vatican II declaration that transformed the Catholic Church’s relationship with other religions—the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome…
Christianity
At first glance, it seems that the topic of the Church's attitude to slander and blasphemy implies a precise, brief and absolutely clear negative answer. After all, even in the…
Christianity
Divine services are sacred actions. This necessitates the need for them to be performed in special vestments (clothes). Because, if we wear more special clothes on special occasions (holidays, folk…
