On August 14, 2022, on the 9th Sunday after Pentecost, the feast of the Origin (wearing) of the Honest Trees of the Life-Giving Cross of the Lord, the celebration in honor of the Smolensk...
Certainly one of the most fascinating political figure of the 20th century was Fidel Castro. A thorn in the side of the West, a man who, according to official data, survived 634 failed attempts....
Scientists conducted an interdisciplinary study of materials from the city of Mayapan, the largest political capital of the Maya of the postclassic period. They found that as long as rainfall in the region remained...
By Vatican News staff reporter
Welcomed in the garden of the facility by the permanent guests and those who commonly frequent the Centre, a total of around 50 people gathered to meet the Pope on...
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone.
First, let me say it is always a particular pleasure to visit our neighbors at the U.S. Institute of Peace. Lise, thank you so much for hosting us. It’s wonderful to...
Pope Francis , on Thursday evening – the fifth day of his Apostolic Journey to Canada – presided at Vespers with Bishops, clergy, consecrated persons, seminarians and pastoral workers at the Basilica of Notre-Dame de Québec
On June 2, 15 NGOs plus 33 scholars and well-known activists have written to the US Secretary of State, to ask him to start a procedure to have the UN ECOSOC’s consultative status of...
Digital Art - Luis Fernando Salazar is a Colombian contemporary artist who captures in his work the colours and sensations, he says: "I like to represent the warmth of bright colours, the beauty of...
Historic Monument - In just five years since the May 1950 publication of Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health, Dianetics and Scientology had expanded from one foundation to an international organization headquartered in Phoenix,...
Colombia, Spain and a Bolivian tribe dispute whose galleon and its riches sunk in the Caribbean sea
At the end of May 1708, the Spanish galleon "San Jose" set sail from Panama for the homeland....
In 1979, an old DC-3 transport plane landed at a Marine Corps base near Beaufort, South Carolina. On board was an extremely unusual cargo, which even the military who served at the base came...
A gold prospector in the Klondike came across a rare find - an extremely well-preserved newborn mammoth, MediaPortal reported on June 25.
The remains of the mammal have remained in the frozen soil of the...
By Devin Watkins
Roe overturned // “Catholic charities and Catholic healthcare services are going to compete with the abortion industry with good web-based care, and we are going to redouble our efforts as laypeople working...
Drug use -- In the lead up to World Drug Day on 26 June 2022, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is highlighting its work on drug prevention and treatment around the...
Twenty containers, some with gold and silver, have been stolen from the port of the city of Manzanillo in western Mexico - an "unusual" and "very serious" criminal operation, according to yesterday's authorities, AFP...
Mexican archaeologists begin exploring the underground labyrinths of the Zapotec city.
Representatives of the National Institute of Anthropology and History of Mexico (INAH) reported that the Llobaa project will begin its work in the near...
A significant part of the scientific community denies the very existence of the Aztatlan culture.
In the Mexican city of Mazatlán, repairmen accidentally discovered ancient human remains. The found burial is very different from the...
Maya tooth jewelry made of jade, gold and other precious metals and stones, probably not only gave "gloss" to their owners, but also served as a prevention of caries and periodontal disease. This property...
Researchers from the National Institute of Anthropology and History of Mexico (INAH) have deciphered mysterious hieroglyphs on a ceramic vessel discovered during archeological excavations.
According to the INAH website, this is a vessel discovered by...
The cave where the images were found, unlike anything known so far, was discovered by scientists long ago. But only now has it become possible to "see" its richly decorated ceiling - with the...
Mexico has taken a step towards the nationalization of its lithium, the main metal for the production of electric batteries, which should replace internal combustion engines in electric vehicles as part of the fight...
1. The potatoes are from South America. Many people mistakenly consider Ireland as their birthplace. Cultivated from a wild plant in a region covering northwestern Bolivia and southern Peru. They were brought to Europe...
Spider monkeys prefer fruits affected by insects, Brazilian and American scientists have found out. Eating fruits along with larvae, monkeys compensate for the lack of protein in the diet. Previous studies have shown that...
Decrying the erosion of democracy in Brazil, a UN expert has called for authorities to create and maintain a safe environment conducive to the exercise of the rights to peaceful assembly and association.
It turned out that this is not a headdress at all.
The feather object, which has long been mistaken by scholars for the headdress of Cuautemoc (the last Aztec ruler of the Acamapichtli dynasty), is...