Scotland: Catholic schools prepare for COP26 by studying “Laudato Si’”. “Greener” institutes
SPORT AND DISABILITIES —
Sixty-nine life medals. Tokyo Paralympic Games are over. Porru (FISPES): “Italy is a frontrunner in this field”
di Massimo LavenaThe 16th Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games are over. The long sporting season in Japan ended yesterday with a victorious outcome…
Nordic countries: the bishops’ assembly opening in Prague. Synodal process and limits on Traditional Latin Mass on the agenda
TESTIMONY —
Afghanistan. Suspended lives: those unable to leave
di Gigliola AlfaroThe country is facing a serious crisis affecting human rights, freedoms, poverty and skyrocketing food prices. Amidst fears for the…
BUDAPEST —
International Eucharistic Congress. Card. Erdő: “The Pope encourages us to build living fraternity.”
di M. Chiara BiagioniThe International Eucharistic Congress in Budapest kicks off on September 5- ongoing until the12th. Public celebrations, exhibitions, cultural events, a…
HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCY —
Lebanon. Fr. Abboud (Caritas): “We live from day to day”
di Daniele RocchiThe situation in Lebanon, plagued by the most serious economic and political crisis of the past 30 years, is deteriorating…
ENVIRONMENT —
Hurricane Ida devastates the country, solidarity appeals for evacuees. Msgr. Gomez (Episcopal Conference of the United States): “We pray for the safety, well-being and protection of all.”
di Maddalena MalteseDrinking water. Parishes, Caritas and civil protection agencies and NGOs are urgently requesting drinking water. It is a basic necessity…
INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION —
Social protection: ILO, “4 billion people worldwide are unprotected”. Only one in four children receive a benefit
PAUL VI HALL —
Pope at audience: “do not be enchanted by the voice of the sirens”
di M.Michela NicolaisAt the General Audience in Paul VI Hall, Pope Francis continued his catechesis on the Epistle to the Galatians, describing…
