POLITICS —
Over the past few days the Conte government has overcome two major hurdles. His Relaunch Decree was finally published in…
CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 —
The Covid-19 emergency is a tragedy not only in the most affected cities of South America, like Manaus and Belém…
MIDDLE EAST —
Israel announced the annexation of parts of occupied West Bank territory, and Palestinian President Abu Mazen responded by ending the…
TAKING STOCK OF THE SITUATION —
A “severe”, “worldwide” recession: the coronavirus pandemic and the necessary precautionary measures inflicted a severe blow to EU production and…
CREATION —
The Pope dedicated today’s audience to the mystery of creation. “Prayer opens the door to hope”: “The human person is…
STEP 2 —
Church doors remain closed in Europe. France, United Kingdom, Ireland, Belgium, Switzerland. Governments remain cautious and in some cases postpone…
MEMORY —
The priest who followed his canonization process remembers the Polish Pope one hundred years after his birth as “a shepherd…
100TH ANNIVERSARY —
Father Federico Lombardi’s recollection of John Paul II, of whom he followed the entire pontificate, first as a young editor…
BALKANS —
A bishop and seven priests from the Diocese of Nikšić in Montenegro were arrested on the night of May 14…
AFRICA —
1960 was renamed the “Year of Africa”: in twelve months 17 countries in sub-Saharan Africa gained independence, marking a point…
TESTIMONIES —
The portal of the Missio Foundation chronicles the forgotten crises in the African continent. Environmental disasters, terrorism, pandemic threats are…
PRAYER —
“God is always waiting at the doorstep of our heart,” the Pope said in the second audience dedicated to prayer.…
