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Church in Colombia Prays and Mobilizes to Help Those Affected by Major Earthquake

A woman prays in the street following the earthquake in Cali, Colombia, on Aug. 10, 2026. The Colombian Geological Service and its U.S. counterpart, the USGS, estimated the magnitude at 7.4, with an epicenter at a depth of 100 km (60 miles) in the western part of the country. Colombia had initially estimated it at 6.6.

Local Church leaders called on the faithful to respond with prayer, generosity, and solidarity.

The Forgotten History of the First Poor Clare Community in Rome

This 15th-century Madonna with Child fresco by Antonio del Massaro, which also depicts Sts. Francis and Clare, is located in the church of the first Poor Clare monastery in Rome.

Behind a modern hospital in Rome’s Trastevere region stands the remains of a nearly-800-year-old monastery that once housed Franciscan nuns.

Leo XIV and the Challenge to the Heart of Christianity

Alexi Rosenfeld
A boy lights votive candles in Notre Dame Cathedral on Aug. 26, 2025, in Paris.

ANALYSIS: The Sept. 25-28 papal trip will be a significant journey to the heart of secularized Europe, highlighted by France’s recent legalization of euthanasia.