WORLD DAY AGAINST TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS —
Anti-trafficking network Talita Kum launched by women religious. Over 17,000 people liberated worldwide
di Patrizia CaiffaApproximately 3,000 nuns and friends of the Talitha Kum network launched the #CareAgainstTrafficking campaign (Twitter, Instagram and Facebook) to mark…
TUNISIA —
Tunisia. Fr Zinzéré (Vicar General Tunis): “May the people always continue cherishing hopes for the future”
di M. Chiara BiagioniThings have returned to normal. However, Tunisia is still facing an unprecedentedly critical financial crisis. And sadly the pandemic has…
TESTIMONIES —
“World hunger is a scandal.” Missionaries’ message to the FAO summit: agribusiness must be stopped
di Ilaria De Bonis (*)The Pope’s message to the UN Food Systems Pre-Summit is being widely commented on. “Hunger is a scandal,” he said,…
Tunisia: Borrell (EU), “resume parliamentary activity and respect for fundamental rights”. Abstain from “violence”
COVID-19 Coronavirus: Von der Leyen (EU Commission), “target reached to protect 70% of adults with at least one vaccination in July”.
Netherlands: dioceses and parishes, online meetings for a video-based communication strategy
SURVEY —
COVID-19 Coronavirus: report by Joint Research Centre, “loneliness doubled in Europe during the pandemic”. Young people most affected
Eurostat: EU, 3 asylum seekers in 10 are minors. In 2020, 129,000 applications lodged from children mainly from Asia and Africa
Lithuania: in Vilnius, card. Parolin will ordain mgr. Kulbokas, new nuncio to Ukraine, bishop
INTERVIEW —
Tokyo 2020. Dania Nour, the dream of a Palestinian swimmer at the Olympic Games
di Daniele RocchiDania Nour is a 17-year-old Palestinian from Beit Jala (Bethlehem). She is one of two swimmers on the Palestinian Olympic…
WORLD DAY FOR GRANDPARENTS AND THE ELDERLY —
Pope Francis: “That love helped us grow into adulthood”
di M.Michela NicolaisThe homily prepared by the Pope for the first World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly, read out by Msgr.…

