EU Commission: Von der Leyen at the Vatican for new European Bauhaus today. Audience with Pope Francis tomorrow

EU Parliament: Stefanchuk (president of the Rada), “we hope we’ll be given candidate country status”. Thanks for homing our refugees

Pope at audience: “Don’t touch your wrinkles, they are a sign of maturity”

In today’s general audience, Pope Francis debunked a recurring ‘myth’ of our culture: that of eternal youth.  “Old age is…

Ethiopia confronting famine and Ukrainian crisis. People are starting to stockpile wheat supplies

Some 400,000 people in the Tigray region of Ethiopia are at risk of starvation and death, while the population in…

EU: Commission proposes annual budget of €185.6 billion for 2023. Hahn, “funding to support the recovery”

Council of Europe: “Impact of artificial intelligence on doctor-patient relationship”, report published. Ethical standards needed

Minimum wages: von der Leyen (EU Commission), “new rules will protect the dignity of work”

Minimum wage. Progress in the EU. Schmit (Commission): “We are not imposing it on Italy”

After difficult and protracted talks, a provisional agreement on a new EU directive was reached overnight. Reducing social inequalities, combating…

Cholera emergency in Mariupol. Fr. Oleh Ladnyuk (Salesian): “There are no definite news but the risk increases with heat, contaminated water and unattended corpses.”

“Tens of thousands dead from the cholera epidemic – unfortunately, this is a potentially real scenario for occupied Mariupol. “The…

Myanmar. Mons. Kung (Hakha): “Our message to Europe at war: we need peace and we need your help”

The words of the Burmese Bishop of Hakha, Chin State, Msgr. Lucius Hre Kung: “The ongoing conflict in Europe has…

Central African Republic: the spectre of bankruptcy looms large amid militias and Russian mercenaries

SIR interviewed Father Aurelio Gazzera, a Carmelite missionary who has been living in the Central African Republic for almost twenty…