Sarah Numico

Apostolic visit

Although they shared a long period in modern history, notably the dire experience of oppression and the path of liberation that ensued, the three Baltic States that Pope Francis will visit September 22-25 are different in many respects, especially with regard to the presence of the Catholic Church. Similarities and specificities also mark the program […]

Political life

Changing the definition of marriage as provided in the Constitution: it’s the purpose of a constitutional referendum that will take place in Romania on October 6-7 on an initiative of the Coalition for Families, an umbrella organization representing 30 NGOs in Romania, including Catholic organizations such as Catholic Action and the Family Association in Romania. […]

Balkans

“Albanians and Serbs should accept the new situation”. The small State of Kosovo, that declared its independence in 2008, is often given international news coverage, especially lately, owing to the quest for a Brussels-brokered mutual agreement. “No tensions were recorded in the past two years”, said Msgr. Lush Gjergji, vicar general of the diocese of Prizren-Pristine. […]

Catholics

Msgr. David B. Tencer, Slovakian Capuchin friar, is the bishop of the diocese of Reykjavík. He came to Iceland in 2004 to serve as parish vicar in Stella Maris parish in Reykjavik. He was appointed parish priest in St. Thorlac parish in Reyðarfjörður. He received his bishop ordination in 2015. The diocese re-established by Paul VI […]

To reflect

A new social year begins. We left behind past difficulties, while the future ahead of us will unfold day by day. After the vacations we are preparing to go back to everyday life, resuming working activities after the summer break. Projected towards our workplaces full of energy, observing, interacting, contemplating. Along the way we are […]

Anniversary

(New York) That day, like every other day, the alarm clock went off at 05:00, followed by breakfast and bus ride into Manhattan, directed at One World Trade Center. That September 11 was like every working day for  Eddy and Grace Rivera. That morning Eddy gave up drinking his coffee-before-work and Grace decided to postpone shopping. They scanned […]

“Adoremus”

“With this Eucharistic Congress in Liverpool, the English Catholic Church concludes the mission initiated 110 years ago with the only other event of this kind on British soil. In 1908, the City of London almost turned Catholic with the arrival of Cardinal Vincenzo Vannutelli, the first Papal Legate to set foot in England since 1550. […]

Interview

Confusion and uncertainty prevail a few days ahead of Sweden’s national election of Sunday 9 September and there is a strong risk that chaos will persist even after the ballots are scrutinized: opinion polls show that Stefan Löven , Social Democratic leader, who had obtained 31% of the vote in the 2014 elections, at the […]

Devotion

This year the relics of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus and of her parents Louis and Zélie Martin, canonized by Pope Francis on October 18 2015, during the Synod on the Family, will go on a pilgrimage beyond the Arctic Circle. It will be the first time they visit the northernmost regions. This deeply […]

Migrants

What will be left of the Diciotti affair? A few hours since its conclusion the question appears to be legitimate and necessary inasmuch as an ordinary episode has abruptly grown out of proportion on the international scenario. The facts are known: on the one side the Italian government was unwilling to authorize migrants to disembark […]