Delegados de la Arquidiócesis de Baltimore estuvieron entre los 18 países que asistieron del 11 al 17 de noviembre al XII Encuentro Continental de Comunidades Eclesiales de Base (CEBs) en Zaragoza, El Salvador.

Transparency and truth are of “critical importance” in the work of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors (PCPM) and the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF), the Secretary of the Disciplinary Section at the Vatican Dicastery has said.

An inscribed tablet of the Ten Commandments — claimed to be the world’s oldest known extant example — will go on auction Dec. 18 with expectations of garnering as much as $2 million.

King Charles III attended a special Advent service Dec. 17 at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Mayfair, London. The event, co-hosted by Pontifical charity Aid to the Church in Need, celebrated the resilience of Christian communities and marked the 10th anniversary of the Islamic State group invasion of Mosul and the Nineveh Plains in northern Iraq.

Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça, an award-winning poet, believes art can heal people, including prisoners, and can help them find the right path forward.