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Pope Francis’ message to global literacy event: Multilingual education promotes dialogue

null / Credit: Bigbubblebee99/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Sep 9, 2024 / 14:10 pm (CNA). In a letter to the director-general of UNESCO on Monday on the occasion of International Literacy Day 2024, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, conveyed a message...

Archbishop Paglia writes new book about old age as a ‘time for inner growth’

Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, now President of the Pontifical Academy for Life, speaks at the Holy See press office, Feb. 4, 2015. / Bohumil Petrik/CNA. CNA Newsroom, Sep 3, 2024 / 14:07 pm (CNA). Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, 79, president of the Pontifical Academy...

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