Articles by Almudena Martínez-Bordiú
How Tolkien influenced the conversion to Christianity of his friend C.S. Lewis
Jan 23, 2024 / 17:05 pmThe National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rome is currently hosting an exhibition on the life of the writer J.R.R. Tolkien.
St. Charbel mosaic blessed by Pope Francis installed in Vatican grottoes
Jan 19, 2024 / 18:30 pmThe mosaic was installed in the grottoes located beneath St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome.
Man with disfigured face whose embrace with Pope Francis touched the world dies
Jan 12, 2024 / 14:00 pmThe pontiff embraced Vinicio Riva while greeting pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square after a general audience in 2013, the year he was elected pope.
Argentine nuns now living in Vatican monastery that was Pope Benedict’s last residence
Jan 9, 2024 / 18:30 pmVatican City has new tenants: seven nuns from Argentina who, at the request of Pope Francis, will live in Mater Ecclesiae monastery.
Revealed: the future of Father Rupnik’s dissolved community
Dec 22, 2023 / 16:50 pmThe assets in the name of the Loyola Community will be used to create a compensation fund for the nuns who will return to the lay state.
Pope to Vatican employees: Lure of corruption is dangerous and ‘we must be vigilant’
Dec 12, 2023 / 10:00 amPope Francis received in an audience on Monday the members of the Office of the Auditor General.
Pope Francis expresses concern about Italy’s low birth rate
Dec 11, 2023 / 16:50 pmPope Francis on Monday received the prefects of the Italian Republic in the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace.
Italy’s ‘most handsome man’ leaves modeling career to become a priest
Dec 7, 2023 / 18:10 pmEdoardo Santini, considered “the most handsome man in Italy,” has decided to leave his promising career as a model and enter a seminary to become a priest.
The pope didn’t summon Spain’s bishops to ‘chew them out,’ Cardinal Omella says
Nov 28, 2023 / 17:50 pmPope Francis met with Spanish bishops at the Vatican today to inform them of the conclusions of the apostolic visit made to the country's seminaries in early 2023.
Pope Francis meets with relatives of Palestinians living in Gaza
Nov 22, 2023 / 17:30 pmThe pope’s meeting with families of Palestinians in Gaza took place on the same day he met wth relatives of Israeli hostages held by Hamas terrorists.
Pope Francis speaks with president of Iran about Israel-Hamas war
Nov 6, 2023 / 15:15 pmThe Vatican has limited itself to confirming that the call took place at the request of the president of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi.
Jesuits say they warned diocese that incardinated Rupnik had complaints against him
Nov 2, 2023 / 06:27 amFather Marko Rupnik’s former superior in the Society of Jesus, Father Johan Verschueren, denied that the Jesuits facilitated the incardination of the priest.
Alleged victims of Rupnik have hopeful expectations of Pope Francis’ decision
Oct 31, 2023 / 16:30 pmThe former religious sisters said they were “very surprised” by a statement from the Holy See that the statute of limitations was being lifted in Rupnik’s case.
Pope Francis signs ‘sick note’ for youngest participant of the Synod on Synodality
Oct 27, 2023 / 12:15 pmWyatt Olivas, 19, approached Pope Francis to ask if the pontiff would sign a letter requesting a few days of rest after the Synod on Synodality.
Mexican cardinal comments on treatment of controversial issues at Synod on Synodality
Oct 25, 2023 / 19:00 pmCardinal Carlos Aguiar Retes, the primatial archbishop of Mexico, downplayed the issues that have generated some controversy during the Synod on Synodality.
‘Not much new’ will come out of this year’s synod, Vatican’s doctrine chief predicts
Oct 1, 2023 / 14:34 pmCardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández predicts that “those who expect big changes” to come out of this month’s Synod of Bishops will be “disappointed.”
Father of girl reportedly cured of blindness says it was ‘a gift of the Virgin to WYD’
Aug 8, 2023 / 16:00 pmOn Saturday, Aug. 5, in Fátima, Portugal, Jimena said she was cured of a serious eye problem after a novena to Our Lady of the Snows and holy Communion.
Miracle at Fátima? World Youth Day pilgrim receives her sight after Communion at Mass
Aug 7, 2023 / 16:00 pm“I opened my eyes and I could see perfectly,” said Jimena, a 16-year-old Spanish World Youth Day pilgrim.
Young man after confession with the pope: ‘I told him the sins that pain me the most’
Aug 7, 2023 / 10:15 amThe 21-year-old Spaniard told ACI Prensa, CNA’s Spanish-language news partner, the details of what he considers “the confession of my life.”
Religious sister tells how she discovered her vocation at a WYD thanks to Benedict XVI
Aug 5, 2023 / 07:00 amThe sister related that Pope Benedict XVI spoke “of the Eucharist as a ‘kiss’ and of adoration as a prostration before Jesus, who is love.”