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During his homily at the traditional morning Mass, this Thursday, Pope Francis said we all should be embarrassed by the hundreds of scandals that have occurred within the Church. According to excerpts of the homily, published by the Vatican Radio, the Argentine Pope denounced the...

Juan Gelman, legendary lyricist and poet, inventor of words at the time of Argentina’s dictatorship, died yesterday at age 83 in Mexico City. Gelman was considered an innovative for his ability to reinvent the poetic language and associated aesthetic movements without...

This morning, Pope Francis renewed for another five years the mandate of the commission of cardinals, created by Benedict XVI, to monitor the Institute for Works of Religion (IOR,) known as the Vatican Bank, after the scandals raised. In February 2013, Benedict XVI had renewed...

The designer of the AK-47, Mikhail Kalashnikov, have expressed concern about the weapon that had killed so many people. Through a letter written before his death to the head of the Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill , he said that “the spiritual pain was unbearable.” A...

In a letter sent to the 19 new cardinals, to be appointed on February 22,  Pope Francis recalled that this new designation “does not mean a promotion, an honour or an award,” but to be elected Cardinal “is simply a service that requires a broader perspective and...

The remains of Ariel Sharon, former Israeli Prime Minister, arrived today at the farm where the burial is going to be performed, which is located in the southern Negev desert. After being moved from Jerusalem, where the funeral took place, the Israeli army generals disembarked...

Jorge Quijano, administrator of the Panama Canal Authority (PCA) said he could not negotiate new proposals from the Italian company Salini Impregilo, which “were outside the contractual context” and were designed to maintain the expansion work of the oceanic route....

This was announced by the Ministry of Construction and Housing of Israel, which provides for new public tender offers for the construction of such houses, established in colonial settlements of 801 units in the West Bank and 1,076 in Jerusalem. A note written by an Israeli N...

Yesterday afternoon, hundreds of artists from television, film and theater took to the streets of Venezuela to demand their government, Nicolas Maduro, a better crime control in this country. This demonstration to protest violence, was motivated after the assassination of actress...

The cold wave that has affected United States during the last weeks, apparently is decreasing slowly. According to reports from the National Weather Service, the polar vortex that has frozen almost a third of the country, will decrease its intensity in the upcoming days. On...