GLOBAL TRENDS —
Two-thirds of 79.5 million people forcibly displaced worldwide (1% of the world’s population) fled from Syria, Venezuela, Afghanistan, South Sudan…
CORONAVIRUS CODIV-19 —
New coronavirus outbreak in China, Beijing raises emergency level. Authorities closed schools and universities forthwith and suspended indoor sports activities…
PRAYER —
Pope Francis devoted today’s general audience, livestreamed from the Library of the Apostolic Palace, to the prayer of Moses. The…
Tension erupted after North Korea blew up the liaison office with South Korea in Kaesong and threatened to send troops…
“I glimpsed a beautiful path ahead, the Church will not be the same as before. We are surely experiencing a…
PANDEMIC AND LITURGIES —
Covid-19 forced also Romania into lockdown. Despite being a minority group compared to members of the Orthodox Church, the Catholic…
RACISM AND VIOLENCE —
More than 400 faithful in Atlanta from the various parishes of the archdiocese marched peacefully and in prayer to protest…
DIOCESE OF ROME —
Presentation of the Jesus the Divine Worker Fund at the Lateran Apostolic Palace today with the signing of the protocol…
WORLD DAY AGAINST CHILD LABOUR —
Italy is by no means devoid of child labour, albeit not officially monitored, with the last CGIL- National Labour Confederation/Save…
CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 —
A circular letter dated June 1st, issued by Italy’s Prison Administration Department (DAP) has authorized Eucharistic celebrations in prisons with…
DOCUMENTo —
COMECE (Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union) and SECAM (Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar)…
MIDDLE EAST —
The agony of the Syrian people is never-ending, scarred by a decade-long war, crippled by an economic crisis and international…