The Child Jesus Children’s Hospital in Madrid is unlike most hospitals. Its waiting room is reminiscent of a theater; in its long corridors, decorated with bright colors, there is a fruit shop, a school, game rooms, an ice cream parlor, and even some bird houses that adorn the main staircase. The waiting room for sick…

The Child Jesus Children’s Hospital in Madrid is unlike most hospitals. Its waiting room is reminiscent of a theater; in its long corridors, decorated with bright colors, there is a fruit shop, a school, game rooms, an ice cream parlor, and even some bird houses that adorn the main staircase. The waiting room for sick…

The 2026 FIFA World Cup began on June 11 — making history as the first World Cup jointly hosted by the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The FIFA World Cup is one of the most-watched sporting events with roughly 5 billion people tuning in to the tournament that brings together soccer’s best athletes from around…

Caritas Bangladesh has been forced to scale back its relief work for Rohingya refugees in the city of Coxʼs Bazar as funding from foreign donors declines, its emergency response director said. “Our biggest challenge now is funding,” said Liton Luis Gomes, project director of Caritas Bangladeshʼs Emergency Response Program. “We only received 60% of the…

DENVER — On March 25, Archbishop James Golka was installed as the new archbishop for the Archdiocese of Denver after serving as bishop of the Diocese of Colorado Springs since 2021. Golka follows in the footsteps of Archbishop Samuel Aquila, who led the archdiocese since 2012 and was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI. Golka told…

On the evening of July 25, 1624, a Breton farmer, Yves Nicolazic, followed an unexplained light through the countryside of Brittany, France. What he discovered would transform a quiet village into the third-most-visited pilgrimage site in France and establish the only Church-approved apparition of St. Anne. According to historical accounts, Nicolazic, a deeply religious farmer…

The acquittal of an elderly Missionaries of Charity (MC) nun and two others in a much-publicized “child trafficking” case at Ranchi in the eastern state of Jharkhand has been widely hailed by the Church. “We thank God for this (court) verdict. We are happy as our prayers have been heard,” Sister Concettina, MC secretary general,…