FAMVIN: The International Vincentian Family

They traveled across the ocean to a new country with an unfamiliar language. Unwelcome in existing institutions, the pioneers built their own charities, immigrant services, schools and hospitals and advocated for political rights and social justice. This may sound like the Jewish immigrant experience, but it also describes Catholic sisters, who arrived in the United [...]

The theme of this year’s World Communications Day – The Priest and Pastoral Ministry in a Digital World: New Media at the Service of the Word – is meant to coincide with the Church’s celebration of the Year for Priests….The world of digital communication, with its almost limitless expressive capacity, makes us appreciate all the [...]

Wikipedia aims to make information free, and the Church aims to proclaim the truth. Though their perspectives are different, there is room for cooperation, according to Zenit.

The Holy Father has appointed Archbishop Antón Stres CM, up to present coadjutor bishop of Maribor,Slovenia, Archbishop Metropolitan of Ljubljana, Slovenia.

A project sponsored by the bishops’ conference of England and Wales has launched a program to generate biblical interest in “tweenagers.” This site, which caters to youth aged 11-13 and offers a safe place to connect. It features games such as a quiz sends  that young people on a quest to discover answers to biblical [...]

On 27 August, the Pope called for an immediate end to acts of violence against Christian communities in the Indian state of Orissa, which began following the murder of the Hindu leader Swami Lakshmananda Saraswati. Benedict XVI invited “religious leaders and civil authorities to work together to restore among the members of the various communities [...]