Amid mounting geopolitical tensions, Fr. Tomaž Majcen, the Slovene Franciscan priest who leads the small Catholic community on the Arctic island, tells Vatican News that Greenlanders “want to be seen as a people with their own story, language, culture, and faith.”

27 January 1914 | Austrian Jewish woman, Greta Gross, was born in Wien. She emigrated to France. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 29 July 1942. She did not survive. --- ▶ Video about the history of Auschwitz: youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs

27 January 1932 | French Jewish girl, Alice Levy, was born in Yerres. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 13 February 1943. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection. --- ▶ Video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau:

27 January 1933 | A German Jewish boy, Lutz Ludwig Grünstein, was born in Berlin. He was deported to #Auschwitz from the #Theresienstad ghetto on 9 October 1944. He was murdered in a gas chamber after selection. --- Children at Auschwitz: 📖 Lesson: lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/ 🎧

📷 Auschwitz II-Birkenau. The platform and rail spur inside the camp, which was put into operation in May 1944. Jews who were deported to the camp underwent the arrival selection there made by SS doctors. Most of them were immediately murdered in gas chambers. ▶ Watch a video

27 January 1914 | A Pole, Zygmunt Sawaszkiewicz, was born. An accountant. In #Auschwitz from 6 April 1941. No. 13621 He perished in the camp on 6 September 1941. --- 📖 "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_pol…

81ST ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIBERATION OF AUSCHWITZ Subscribe to our YouTube and follow the live broadcast of the commemoration events: youtube.com/auschwitzmemor… Plan of the streeming (time zone CET): 10.00 | Tribute to victims made by Survivors at the Wall of Death:

Today, the world marks Holocaust Memorial Day and this year's theme is Bridging Generations as a reminder that remembrance lives through us all. Catholic Church have resources and reflections available to help people commemorate the day. ⤵️ cbcew.org.uk/holocaust-memo…

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and

On Holocaust Remembrance Day, I would like to recall that the Church remains faithful to the unwavering position of the Declaration #NostraAetate against every form of antisemitism. The Church rejects any discrimination or harassment based on ethnicity, language, nationality, or

#HolocaustMemorialDay Catholic Church reflection: Our hope is always that our society&world will not be guilty of a spiritual dementia, of choosing to look away&forget. We can not & we must not forget. For the hope of future generations, we pause&we remember. cbcew.org.uk/reflection-for…

BREAKING 🇻🇦 Pope Leo XIV has been named the most favourable world leader in Gallup's End of Year Poll Leo was the ONLY leader in the list with a net positive reputation worldwide

The Olympics & Paralympics are a beacon of hope, a celebration of human potential, teamwork, fair play & mutual respect. The Games remind us what a united world can be & what humanity can achieve when we strive for our very best. I call on all parties to conflict to honour the

Powerful from Depaul International's Matthew Carter: If #homelessness was a country, it would rival the United States. We must invest more to end it! bigissue.com/opinion/global…

Pope Leo XIV will visit the southern Italian island of Lampedusa on July 4, 2026, a major arrival point for migrants crossing the Mediterranean.

Huge thanks to all from Diocese of Plymouth & beyond who joined our #DilexiTe Day of Reflection with #BishopNicholasHudson & our sister agency CAFOD in Plymouth. Thanks to our inspirational speakers #RichardFinn from English Dominicans, Christine Allen Dench from CAFOD & Raymond Friel OBE from Caritas Social Action Network

Today is Family Fast Day and it's an occasion when you help more of our neighbours grow enough to eat by eating simply and giving generously. Thank you for being good neighbours. 💚 Find out more about Family Fast Day. ⤵️ cafod.org.uk/fundraise/fami…

🍞🌍 Lent Family Fast Day – Friday 27 February 2026 This Lent, Catholics across England and Wales are invited to reflect on what it means to be one global family. Family Fast Day is not simply about giving something up — it is a moment to stand in solidarity with families facing

Pope Leo’s address to military chaplains makes clear there is a noble military vocation: “to preserve peace and restore order.” It is not — he did not need to say — to wage illegal & immoral invasions of countries, to topple their regimes and rain destruction down on cities.