ELECTIONS —
England and Wales: An overview of the Conservative Party crisis ahead of the local elections on 2 June
di Silvia GuzzettiOn 2 May, British citizens will go to the polls to elect more than 2,600 local and county councillors and…
POLITICS —
European elections: Duch (EU Parliament), “democracy is a collective responsibility”. 370 million eligible voters
United Kingdom: London, protests in front of Westminster against assisted dying. Today, a debate on euthanasia at the House of Commons
ANNIVERSARIES —
Tenth Anniversary of the Canonisation of John Paul II
di Anna T. KowalewskaThe Polish Pope was remembered in the Vatican Basilica and in Poland, through the words of Cardinal Dziwisz and Cardinal…
APOSTOLIC JOURNEYS —
Pope Francis: “May Venice be a city of human fraternity”
di M.Michela NicolaisPope Francis’ apostolic journey to the Italian city of Venice, the first by a Pope to a Venice Biennale, began…
Ukraine: visit by Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights. Focus on children and violations in the occupied territories
Scotland: Bishops, no to assisted suicide. “A law which allows us to kill our brothers and sisters takes us down a dangerous spiral that always puts at risk the most vulnerable members of our society”
United Kingdom: 251 NGOs to the British Government, “law to deport migrants to Rwanda is cruel and shameful”
United Kingdom: Catholic Bishops and Christian leaders, “asylum seekers used as a political football”. Disapproving the Safety of Rwanda Bill
AUDIENCE —
Pope Francis: “Let us pray for peace, that Palestine and Israel may be two States”
di M.Michela NicolaisPope Francis devoted Wednesday’s general audience to the three theological virtues of faith, hope and charity. He concluded with a…
ARMENIAN GENOCIDE —
Patriarch Minassian’s message to young people: “After the horror, yours is the new generation that will resist”
di M. Chiara BiagioniToday, 24 April, marks the commemoration of the Armenian Genocide, one of the “darkest pages in 20th century history”, one…

