Category: Religion
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Millennial saint, wearing jeans and sneakers, reaches the Catholic altars
Today (September 7), St. Peter’s Square will be filled with young people with smartphones, teary eyes, and hearts pounding with faith. Throughout the day, Pope Leo XIV will proclaim Carlo Acutis a saint – the first millennial to ascend to the Catholic altars. His canonization, in St. Peter’s Basilica, is a breath of hope for…
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Millennial Saint in Jeans and Sneakers Reaches the Catholic Altars
Today (Sept. 7), St. Peter’s Square will be filled with young people with smartphones, teary eyes, and hearts pounding with faith. Later, Pope Leo XIV will proclaim Carlo Acutis a saint — the first millennial to ascend to the Catholic altars. His canonization, in St. Peter’s Basilica, is a breath of hope for a generation…
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Tourist Guide Features Itineraries Linked to Afro-Brazilian Culture
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The Guia do Afroturismo no Brasil – Roteiros e Experiências da Cultura Afro-Brasileira do país, launched this week by the Ministry of Tourism, provides a diagnosis of afrotourism in Brazil, mapping experiences and tourist services led by Black people, in addition to identifying national and international best practices and supporting public policies aimed at the…
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UNICEF Marks 75 Years of Work with Children and Adolescents
Upon completing 75 years in Brazil, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has been one of the main partners in promoting and defending the rights of Brazilian children and adolescents. When it began its activities in the country, 158 out of every thousand children born died before completing one year. In other words, 16 out…
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Trump Says “Nobody Knows” What He Will Do as Iran Warns US Not to Attack
President Trump refused to say on Wednesday (18) whether the United States is nearing a decision to attack Iranian nuclear facilities, after Iran’s supreme leader warned the US against an attack and rejected Trump’s demand for surrender. “You don’t seriously think I’m going to answer that question?” Trump said when a reporter asked at the…
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FBI Identifies Egyptian as Perpetrator of Molotov Cocktail Attack at Pro-Israel March in Colorado
A Molotov cocktail attack left eight people injured during a rally in support of Israeli hostages held by Hamas, held this Sunday (1st) in Boulder, Colorado, in the United States. The information was reported by The New York Times, which confirmed that the attacker was identified as Mohamed Sabry Soliman, an Egyptian citizen who was…
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FBI Identifies Egyptian as Perpetrator of Molotov Cocktail Attack Against Pro-Israel March in Colorado
FBI identifies Egyptian Mohamed Sabry Soliman as the lone perpetrator of a Molotov cocktail attack that injured eight people at a pro-Israel hostage solidarity march in Boulder, Colorado.
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The Origin and Meaning of the CORPUS CHRISTI Feast
Corpus Christi, also called the Solemnity of the Most Holy Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ, Corpus Domini (Latin expression meaning Body of Christ or Body of the Lord), is a liturgical commemoration of the Catholic Apostolic Roman Church and the Anglican Church (the latter until 1548) that occurs on the Thursday following…
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Medium Divaldo Franco dies at 98 in Salvador
Bahian medium Divaldo Franco died on the night of this Tuesday (13), at 98 years old, in Salvador. According to the Mansão do Caminho, the spiritist institution founded by him in 1952, he passed away at 9:45 PM. The wake will be held this Wednesday (14), at the Mansão do Caminho Gymnasium, from 9 AM…
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American Robert Francis Prevost Elected as the 267th Pope
Habemus papam. With these words, the American cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was presented to the world this Thursday (8) as the 267th pope of the Church, directly from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican. The name chosen by the new pontiff is Leo XIV. He succeeds Francis, who died on April…