War in Ukraine: Von der Leyen (EU), Russian oil embargo, new sanctions for Putin’s oligarchs

Germany: celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Federation of Young German Catholics with 660 thousand members

Pope Francis: “Do not barter the faith for a handful of quiet days”

The Holy Father continued his cycle of catechesis on old age, focusing on the biblical figure of Eleazar, who chooses…

Ukraine: lights out in Lviv

An Aid to the Church in Need delegation (ACS), coordinated by its director Alessandro Monteduro, arrived yesterday in Lviv, Ukraine.…

The Pope wants to meet Putin in Moscow. Msgr. Pezzi: “For Francis our fellow other is always a brother, never an enemy”

Msgr. Pezzi, archbishop of Moscow, president of the Russian bishops, comments to SIR on Pope Francis’ desire to travel to…

Freedom of the press: EU Parliament, Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism. Metsola, “Europe on the side of those who seek the truth”

Attack on Odessa. Fr Roman Krat: “15-year-old boy killed. Russian missile strikes are never precise”

An Orthodox church was hit by the Russian missile strike on Odessa yesterday afternoon. A 15-year-old boy was killed and…

Council of Europe: Mgr. Ganci (Holy See) to SIR, “inter-religious dialogue necessary to promote culture of peace”

Council of Europe: conference on inter-religious dialogue. Mr Giacomelli (ambassador), “dialogue is necessary element in pluralistic and democratic societies”

Eight per thousand taxpayer contribution. Monzio Compagnoni: “The funds received and declared go to the whole community, not just to Catholics”

“There has been a drop in contributions over the past 16 years with approximately 12 million taxpayers devolving deductable sums…

Council of Europe: conference on interreligious dialogue. “The religious dimension as key to intercultural dialogue”