The number of Catholics worldwide continues to increase. This is what the publication of the 2025 edition of the Pontifical Directory and theAnnuarium Statistics 2023, which compiles encrypted data on Catholicism. The Vatican official statistics thus indicate that the number of faithful increased by 1.15 % between 2022 and 2023, going from 1.39 billion to … Read more
Archbishop of Kinshasa, the Congolese capital, Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo had promised, on February 9, from “Speak with everyone. Even if they live in the moon. »» This promise of mediation was brought by the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (Cenco, Catholic) as well as by the Church of Christ in the Congo (ECC, Protestant), the … Read more
“We believe in the beauty of the work of Catholic education, for which we are militating and working voluntarily without counting our efforts. And arises “Betharram” and its share of revelations to vomit. Anger and shame mingle! »» In a press release published on Saturday February 22, the president of the FNOGEC Pierre-Vincent Guéret expresses … Read more
The beautiful branch. This is the name that the Notre-Dame-de-Bétharram educational institution bears, since 2009, under the fires of the news due to more than a hundred complaints identified for acts of physical and sexual violence ‘extending from the years 1960 to 2010. Founded in 1837 on the banks of the Gave de Pau, in … Read more
Dogmas, doctrine, magisterium … What are we talking about? “Dogme” comes from a Greek word which means opinion, judgment, belief. In the Catholic Church, it designates an affirmation of the essential faith, to which believers are required to adhere. For the Jesuit theologian Michel Fédou, professor emeritus to the Faculties Loyola Paris (1), they constitute … Read more
When he heard of the march for Jesus, Father Xavier Bizard, parish priest of Vénissieux for two years, was immediately convinced that it was exactly what it was necessary for his parishioners. “Announce the name of Jesus in joy and with simplicity, calling the blessing of God on our country and our cities, all in … Read more
He is one of the rare politicians to publicly embrace his faith as a practicing Catholic. On Sundays, we could see him in the last pews of the Saint-Martin or Saint-Jacques churches in Pau (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), where he has been elected mayor since 2014. Or sometimes accompanied by his wife at the parish church of his … Read more
No major complaints but still some points for vigilance. In a report published on January 6, the Court of Auditors, whose mission is to control associations appealing to public generosity, examines the finances of Secours catholique, 78% of whose resources come from donations. The Court of Auditors first notes that Secours catholique, which, as a … Read more
Committed, but not always visible. These are the Catholics that the organizers of the second edition of the Builders’ Dinner want to highlight, which will be held in Paris this Thursday, November 14. To show that, despite the decline of Catholicism in France, the faithful remain a force of commitment in society, in all areas … Read more
For Brother Xavier Boutiot, treasurer of the Sainte-Marie de la Pierre-qui-Vire abbey (Yonne), withdrawing the abbey’s investments from fossil fuels was obvious. Committed to the “Green Church” approach for four years, the Olivetan monks were thinking about being coherent in all aspects of their community life. “Financial investments have an ecological impact 25 times greater … Read more