The motto of the modern Olympic Games, “Faster, Higher, Stronger,” was coined by French Dominican friar Louis Henri Didon. / Credit: Pixabay / Public Domain

ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 26, 2024 / 17:45 pm (CNA).

The motto of the modern Olympic Games, “Faster, Higher, Stronger,” was coined by French Dominican friar Louis Henri Didon in the 19th century.

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Russian Orthodox Church Bishop Hilarion Alfeyev during a state ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on September 22, 2016. / Credit: Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images

CNA Staff, Jul 26, 2024 / 17:15 pm (CNA).

According to the online news site Novaya Gazeta Europe, Georgy Suzuki, who served as the bishop’s personal assistant between Oct. 2022 and Jan. 2024, was sexually harassed on several occasions by the 58-year-old high-ranking prelate.

Lisbon cityscape with typical houses and Lisbon Cathedral (Sé de Lisboa). / Credit: rfranca/Shutterstock

ACI Digital, Jul 25, 2024 / 16:00 pm (CNA).

Requests for financial compensation for victims of sexual abuse committed in the Church in Portugal will be analyzed by two commissions.

Altar servers. / Credit: Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

CNA Newsroom, Jul 25, 2024 / 10:51 am (CNA).

The decision, supported by the Archdiocese of Paderborn, has sparked controversy and will likely lead to legal challenges.

After traveling to Istanbul on July 25, 1967, for a celebration at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, the pope visited the Orthodox patriarchal Church of St. George with the ecumenical patriarch, Athenagoras I, Orthodox archbishop of Constantinople, three years after exchanging a kiss of peace together during a pilgrimage and peace tour of the Holy Land. / Credit: Marius Pelletier

ACI MENA, Jul 25, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA).

On July 25, 1967, Pope Paul VI set foot on Turkish soil — the first papal visit to Istanbul since it was called Constantinople. 

The community of Discalced Carmelites of Lucena in Spain is being forced to leave after the order’s presence of more than 400 years in the city due to lack of vocations. / Credit: Diocese of Córdoba, Spain

ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 24, 2024 / 18:30 pm (CNA).

The 412-year uninterrupted presence of the Discalced Carmelites in the Lucena, Spain, monastery will end.

Participants go on “a walk of Rome” to experience the city’s “art, architecture, history, and beauty.” / Credit: EWTN “Vaticano” screenshot

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 24, 2024 / 09:45 am (CNA).

The Truth & Beauty Project, which was founded in 2017 by John and Ashley Noronha, is a nonprofit that encourages people to encounter truth through beauty.

St. Bridget of Sweden. / Credit: Carlston Marcks, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

CNA Staff, Jul 23, 2024 / 04:00 am (CNA).

On July 23, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast day of St. Bridget of Sweden, a mystic of the Middle Ages who was a wife and mother of eight.

Abbé Pierre died at the age of 94 in 2007. He is now accused of sexually assaulting and harassing numerous women. / Credit: Wim van Rossem for Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 19, 2024 / 17:23 pm (CNA).

The famous French priest, who died in 2007, has now been accused of sexual assault and harassment by at least seven victims.

“The Olympic Games are, by their very nature, about peace, not war,” Pope Francis emphasized, noting that “the five intertwined rings represent the spirit of fraternity that should characterize the Olympic event and sporting competition in general.” / Credit: Ibex73, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 19, 2024 / 14:47 pm (CNA).

In a message addressed to Archbishop Laurent Ulrich of Paris, Pope Francis expressed his fervent desire that the Olympic Games would foster world peace.