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La Cuaresma nos lleva al Desierto con Cristo. Es una temporada sagrada –que nos da la oportunidad de bajar la velocidad, reflexionar, y acercarnos a Él. Durante estos Cuarenta días, la Iglesia nos invita a enfocarnos en los tres pilares de la Cuaresma: la oración, el ayuno y la limosna.

Lent draws us into the desert with Christ. It’s a sacred season—one that gives us the chance to slow down, reflect, and grow closer to Him. During these forty days, the Church invites us to focus on the three pillars of Lent: prayer, fasting, and almsgiving.

Twenty years ago, Sister Helene Hayes addressed a group of sisters in Ireland about the worldwide problem of human trafficking. The American Good Shepherd sister showed the sisters a video about child sex slavery — “Fields of Mudan” — focused on the experiences of a 5-year-old girl and left them stunned.

At least 1.2 million youngsters have disclosed having had their images manipulated into sexually explicit deepfakes in the past year, according to a study across 11 countries conducted by the UN agency, INTERPOL and the ECPAT global network working to end the sexual exploitation of children worldwide. In some countries, this represents one in 25 children or the equivalent of one child in a typical classroom, the study found. Full article Listen to Cosmas Zavazava, the Director of the ITU’s Telecommunication Development Bureau explaining UN News’s Conor Lennon from UN News about the many threats children face, and how UN is working with the tech companies to boost protection.

"Lent is a sacred season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, preparing the faithful for the celebration of the Lord’s Resurrection at Easter. During these forty days, the Church calls us to ongoing conversion of heart, renewed reliance on God’s mercy, and deeper participation in the Paschal Mystery, following the biblical tradition of forty days of preparation."

"This February marks one hundred years of commemorating Black history in the United States. This milestone is an opportunity for us to prayerfully reflect on the ways history has been preserved, honored, and passed on across generations."

La Cuaresma es una temporada sagrada de oración, ayuno y limosna, que prepara a los fieles para la celebración de la Resurrección del Señor en Pascua. Durante estos cuarenta días, la Iglesia nos llama a la conversión continua del corazón, a una renovada confianza en la misericordia de Dios y a una participación más profunda en el Misterio Pascual, siguiendo la tradición bíblica de cuarenta días de preparación.