MESSAGE WORLD DAY OF THE POOR —
“What great poverty is produced by the senselessness of war! Wherever we look, we can see how violence strikes those…
INTERVIEW —
Interview with Velta Skolmeistere, researcher at Latvia University. She warns against threats from the Kremlin, while recalling the troubled history…
UKRAINE —
The southern region of Odessa is among the hardest hit by Russian aggression. Greek Catholic Eparchial Bishop Mykhaylo Bubniy sends…
MIGRANTS —
Thousands of migrants are marching in protest, including at least 126 pregnant women and over 70 people with physical disabilities.…
Saint PETER’S SQUARE —
In today’s general audience, Pope Francis debunked a recurring ‘myth’ of our culture: that of eternal youth. “Old age is…
FOOD CRISIS —
Some 400,000 people in the Tigray region of Ethiopia are at risk of starvation and death, while the population in…
LABOUR —
After difficult and protracted talks, a provisional agreement on a new EU directive was reached overnight. Reducing social inequalities, combating…
UKRAINE —
“Tens of thousands dead from the cholera epidemic – unfortunately, this is a potentially real scenario for occupied Mariupol. “The…
WORLD CONFLICTS —
The words of the Burmese Bishop of Hakha, Chin State, Msgr. Lucius Hre Kung: “The ongoing conflict in Europe has…
CONFLITTI DIMENTICATI —
SIR interviewed Father Aurelio Gazzera, a Carmelite missionary who has been living in the Central African Republic for almost twenty…
ANALYSIS —
Msgr. Stanisław Gądecki, president of the Polish bishops, returned from Ukraine a few days ago. Speaking to SIR, the prelate…
CONSISTORY —
Pope Francis unexpectedly announced a Consistory for the creation of 21 new cardinals, 16 of whom are cardinal-electors. The Consistory…
