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Walter Sanchez Silva

Walter Sanchez Silva

More than 200 world leaders at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Nov. 18, 2023, signed the “New York Commitment,” which seeks to restore the original meaning of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on the occasion the 75th anniversary of its proclamation. | Credit: Political Network for Values

World Leaders Seek to Restore Original Meaning of Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The fifth Transatlantic Summit organized by The Political Network for Values (PNfV) last week brought together more than 200 leaders...

Pope Francis at the Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023, Angelus and martyrs beatified in Seville on Nov. 18, 2023. | Credit: Youtube Vatican News / Archdiocese of Seville

Pope Francis Calls for Applause for 20 Martyrs of Spanish Civil War Beatified in Seville

At Sunday’s Angelus, Pope Francis called for applause for the 20 martyrs beatified in the Seville cathedral on Nov. 18.

Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Rouen, France. | Credit: Archdiocese of Rouen

Altar Vandalized, Sacred Vessels Stolen from Sacred Heart Basilica in France

During the night of Nov. 14–15, unidentified persons destroyed the altar and stole sacred vessels from the Sacred Heart Basilica...

Archbishop Faustino Armendáriz of Durango, Mexico. | Credit: Archdiocese of Durango

"It’s a challenge to seek the will of God" at Synod on Synodality, Synod Delegate Says

The archbishop of Durango, Mexico, Faustino Armendáriz, commented that “it’s a challenge to seek the will of God” at the...

Archbishop José Miguel Gómez Rodríguez. | Credit: Archdiocese of Manizales

Synod on Synodality "cannot remove pages from the Bible," Synod Delegate Says

Archbishop José Miguel Gómez Rodríguez, the archbishop of Manizales in Colombia, shares his experience at the Synod of Synodality.

Father Hans Zollner. | Credit: Daniel Ibáñez / ACI Prensa

Celibacy is not a Direct Cause of Sexual Abuse, Jesuit Expert Says

The psychologist said that “celibacy is not a direct cause of abuse; what can become a risk factor is a...

Father Benjamin Sellier. | Credit: Archdiocese of Cambrai, France

French Catholic Priest Accused of Abusing a Young Girl Commits Suicide

Father Benjamin Sellier of the Archdiocese of Cambrai in France died by suicide in the early hours of July 11...

Bishop Américo Aguiar. | Credit: Patriarchate of Lisbon

Portuguese Cardinal-designate on WYD: “We don’t want to convert young people to Christ”

“We don’t want to convert the young people to Christ or to the Catholic Church or anything like that at...

The cross of the German “Synodal Way.” | Maximilian von Lachner / Synodaler Weg

"We want to remain Catholic": Group of faithful in Germany rejects Synodal Way

Birgit Kelle, spokeswoman for the German lay group Neuer Anfang (New Beginning) in a May 29 interview with EWTN Noticias...

Men’s Worldwide Rosary Prays for the Conversion of the Entire World

Men from more than 40 countries joined together May 6 for the worldwide Men’s Rosary, praying on their knees before...

Exiled Nicaraguan Bishop Says President Ortega’s Attacks are "a sign of desperation"

Auxiliary Bishop Silvio Báez of Managua, Nicaragua, who is living in exile in the United States, responded to new verbal...

Bishop Eugenio Salazar Mora kneels before the superior of the Missionaries of Charity expelled from Nicaragua on July 6, 2022. Credit: Facebook / Video capture

Missionaries of Charity Sisters Expelled from Nicaragua Received in Costa Rica

Bishop Eugenio Salazar Mora of Tilarán-Liberia in Costa Rica greeted the nuns one by one and knelt as he greeted...

Pope Francis prays the Angelus from the window of the Apostolic Palace, July 3, 2022. Vatican Media/CNA

"They say it's not easy, I think it is": Pope Francis Jokes about Upcoming Canada Trip

After visiting a community of Jesuits in Rome this weekend, Pope Francis joked about his upcoming trip to Canada, from...

Missionaries of Charity leave Nicaragua on July 6, 2022. Credit: P. Sunil Kumar Adugula

Missionaries of Charity Expelled from Nicaragua

The action is the latest in religious persecutions that have escalated there in the last four years.

Sister Gloria Cecilia Narváez. CEC

Nun Released after Years of Captivity in Mali Thanks God, All Who Facilitated Her Release

Sister Gloria Cecilia Narváez Argoti, a missionary who was abducted in Mali in February 2017 and held for nearly five...

Sister Gloria Cecilia Narváez. CEC

Project Wake Up Seeking Prayers for Missionary Sister Kidnapped in Mali in 2017

An initiative that works to highlight persecution of Christians released Friday a video seeking prayers for Sister Gloria Cecilia Nárvaez...