Ukraine: 500 patients transferred to European hospitals under the Civil Protection Mechanism. Kyriakides (Commission), “this is true solidarity in action”
Journalism: EU Commission, a €4.1 million call to monitor and defend media freedom and pluralism
War in Ukraine: Borrell, “100 days of unreasonable destruction”. Metsola, “Europe must offer hope”. Von der Leyen, “the EU is on the side of the attacked country”
Eurostat: 24% of households in Europe have children; 6 million households consist of single parents. Unemployment remains stable
Council of Europe: “racism and anti-Muslim discrimination” at the focus of a seminar in the context of the Irish presidency
ANALYSIS —
War in Ukraine. Msgr. Gadecki (Polish bishops): “Reconciliation appears unlikely in the short term”
di Anna T. KowalewskaMsgr. Stanisław Gądecki, president of the Polish bishops, returned from Ukraine a few days ago. Speaking to SIR, the prelate…
Malta: proposed amendments to IVF law. Alarm raised by Catholic organisations, “disguised eugenic practice”
CONSISTORY —
Pope Francis: 21 new cardinals, who they are and where they are from
di M.Michela NicolaisPope Francis unexpectedly announced a Consistory for the creation of 21 new cardinals, 16 of whom are cardinal-electors. The Consistory…
United Kingdom: for foreign graduates, a special visa to enter the country. Yet another afterthought after Brexit
UNITED KINGDOM —
Queen Elizabeth’s Jubilee. Pepinster: “A profoundly Christian monarch with her own relationship with God”
di Silvia GuzzettiA profoundly Christian monarch, with her own personal relationship with God, who remains popular with her subjects after seventy years…
