Addictions. Therapeutic communities: “Creating a customised treatment plan.”

Comprehensive reform of Presidential Decree 309/90, rejecting harm reduction and risk limitation as an end in itself, a departmental organisation…

Europe united on booster doses, divided over Green Pass and energy. Ultimatum to Russia

The European Council failed to agree on a common strategy against soaring energy prices. On the subject of Covid: vaccination…

Netherlands: Christmas message from Bishops. “There is light in the dark clouds of the pandemic”. Reference to the Synod

Russia: Mgr. Werth (Novosibirsk), Christmas letter consecrated to the Synod. “Dare and discuss topical issues of Church life”

Luxembourg: new rules to curb infections. Specific rules on Masses and catechesis from the diocese 

Malta: cannabis approved “for recreational use”. Objections from Catholic Church, NGOs and Schools Association

European Council: Sassoli (Parliament), “reform the Stability and Growth Pact, new rules for the digital market”

European Council: Sassoli (Parliament), “a Europe that innovates and protects, a beacon for democracy”. The role of the Conference on the Future

Plummeting birth rates. Rosina: “Italy has created a fragile and unstable future for itself  by not investing in the next generations”

“For too long Italy has been among the countries least supportive of parenthood,” the demographer told SIR, commenting on the…

EU Parliament: Sakharov Prize ceremony. Daria Navalnaja, “I believe in the future of Europe and I believe Russia will be part of it”

Pope at audience: “whoever slanders his neighbour, is a murderer”

In his catechesis at Wednesday’s audience, the Pope focused on the figure of St Joseph, “man of silence.” He concluded…