Future of Europe Conference: Economic and Social Committee, follow-up on proposals to avoid “resentment towards EU”
EU: Comece, “Europe, renew your vocation to promote peace”. Calling on the European Council to grant Ukraine EU candidate status
MIGRANTS —
Jesuit Report on Missing Migrants: a 291% increase in 2021
di Bruno Desidera*They are increasing in number, since an increasing number of people are attempting to cross into Mexico (according to the…
Eurostat: overcrowding and high housing costs. Citizens in the EU with adequate or insufficient living space
Malta: Archdiocese responds to corruption allegations. “Those with information should report to the authorities rather than resorting to gratuitous slurs and baseless statements”
Council of Europe: repeated, serious breaches of human rights in Crimea. Observers cannot get into the Ukrainian region annexed to Russia
ENVIRONMENT —
Peru and Ecuador: the oil is poisoning indigenous lands and peoples. Among the general silence, the voice of the Church is heard
di Bruno Desidera*It is invisible oil that has for years been steadily leaking from the pipelines that transport crude oil from the…
CONFLICTS —
DR Congo, the world’s most forgotten war. Diplomatic tensions mount over recent clashes between government forces and rebel groups in North Kivu
di Patrizia CaiffaMore than 170,000 civilians have fled the Democratic Republic of Congo since November 2021, their prime destination are the eastern…
SURVEY —
War in Ukraine: Eurobarometer, EU citizens support humanitarian aids, taking in refugees, sanctions to Russia, and weapons to Kiev
REFUGEE CHURCH —
Persecuted Christians. Open Doors Report on IDPs and refugees: “persecution extends across national borders”
di Daniele RocchiOpen Doors global membership organisation, actively supporting persecuted Christians for the past 60 years, released its “2022 Refugee Church –…
SAINT PETER’S SQUARE —
Pope at audience: “Let us not forget the suffering people of war-torn Ukraine”
di M.Michela NicolaisThe Pope concluded today’s General Audience reiterating his appeal not to forget “the suffering people of war-torn Ukraine.” Francis’ catechesis…

