Spain: 10% of Baptisms administered to children over 7. Priests and religious decrease, catechists and deacons increase

Sydney attack: solidarity from German Catholic and Evangelical Churches following attack on Jewish Festival

Eurostat: 14.2% young Europeans drop out of education. Italy fares better (8.1%)

Germany: Order of Malta, anonymous chat to talk and combat loneliness

European Union under fire. CEI: “A path to be pursued”

Donald Trump’s America First policy and European nationalisms are turning against European integration. American interference is extremely heavy-handed; the positions…

Leo XIV: “Christian archaeology is a school of incarnation that nourishes hope”

In an Apostolic Letter marking the centenary of the Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology, Pope Leo XIV reaffirms the value…

United Kingdom: an interactive online Advent calendar. Liturgies and prayers, reflections, solidarity

Spain: 2025 tax return, 429 million to the Catholic Church. Contributions up by 12%

EU Commission: Global Alliance to Counter Migrant Smuggling. Von der Leyen, “it must be Europe that decides who comes to us”

Leo XIV: “Death is not the end, but the passage towards a happy eternity”

The Pope dedicated today’s catechesis to the Resurrection of Christ as the final answer to the question of our death,…

A fragile and declining Europe in Trump’s U.S. strategy. Mr Possieri: “A political soul is needed to respond”

The new United States National Security Strategy portrays a weak Europe, marked by economic decline, migratory pressure and an identity…