Anti-Usury Foundations in Southern Italy, local sentinels and outposts of hope

Southern Italy’s Anti-usury Foundations came together in Villapiana, in the district of Cosenza, to discuss, reflect and formulate new recommendations.…

EU Parliament: plenary session in Strasbourg from 4 October. Promoting the rights of citizens with disabilities

Economy.  “Recovery on track but no one must be left behind”

Politics, economy, young people, return to physical presence after the pandemic, Synod of the Italian Church. Those were the topics…

Germany: German Church resumes synodal journey. Vote on theological introduction and preamble today

Conference on the Future of Europe: Strasbourg, third EU Citizens’ Panel on climate change, environment and health

“Be God’s dream”: missio ad gentes explained to children

An annual itinerary addressed to children and pre-adolescents on the theme of World Mission Day, this year featuring the theme…

Disarmament: Mgr. Gallagher (Holy See) to UN, “humanity demands elimination of nuclear weapons”

The main targets of darkness

There is little to be scandalised about: while there is need for reparation, including legal and criminal reparation, in response…

Pope at audience: “We have all been justified, but God calls us to cooperate”

Pope Francis devoted Wednesday’s general audience to the theme of justification, that is “freely” bestowed in Christ’s death and resurrection.…

Latin America. La Bella (historian): “The Church is struggling to be a reference point amidst the present crisis”

The popular uprisings of autumn 2019 – replicated in various countries when the lockdown was lifted – were followed by…

China’s “buying spree” raises concerns. But if it stops it could be worse

What would happen in China if part of the country’s population (1.4 billion people) could not afford to eat on…