“A Child Has Been Given to Us”
Each year, Christmas places us before the deepest center of the Christian faith and, at the same time, before a decisive criterion for reading our own history. Christianity is not born from an idea or a program, but from an event that breaks into time: God has chosen to enter human history. “The Word became […]
Saint Juan Diego, the humble leader America needs: IV International Guadalupe Seminar
This Saturday, December 13, thousands of Catholics from around the world will connect online to discover in the indigenous man who carried the roses to the tilma the perfect model of Christian leadership for the 21st century. When the Virgin of Guadalupe appeared at Tepeyac in 1531, she chose as her messenger a simple man, […]
Message of Hope on the Occasion of Christmas and the New Year
As Christmas approaches and we bid farewell to 2025, I feel a deep need to write to you with an open, grateful heart filled with hope. This has been an extraordinary year for the Academy: a year of rebuilding, of grace, of tireless work, and above all, of communion. I want these lines to be […]
Upcoming 2025 Year-End Events
We are pleased to announce the two major year-end events with which we will conclude 2025 together. These will be spaces for encounter, reflection, and celebration, bringing together the fruits of the work carried out throughout the year. December 5 – International Day of Persons with Disabilities Next week we will celebrate the International Day […]
Catholic Leaders’ School: 52 New Sowers of Hope for Bogotá
Image: Diakonia for Missionary Discipleship Formation. On November 14, at the auditorium of Fundación Universitaria Monserrate – Unimonserrate, the Archdiocese of Bogotá held the certification ceremony for the seventh cohort of the Catholic Leaders’ School, a formative space that accompanies and encourages the vocation of service of hundreds of lay people in a spirit of […]
Do We Have Reasons to Give Thanks?
We share with you the column by our President, Mario J. Paredes THANKSGIVING DAY is the most important celebration of the year in the United States. Amid gatherings, family dinners, gifts, travel, and reunions, on the last Thursday of November the country comes to a halt to celebrate. Its historical origin dates back to 1621—an […]
World Philosophy Day
Today we celebrate World Philosophy Day, a date that each year invites me—almost inevitably—to pause and remember why our academic work at the International Academy of Catholic Leaders is so deeply rooted in the philosophical and theological tradition of the Church. Since 2002, this day has been commemorated worldwide on the third Thursday of November […]