DEMOCRACY —
DEMOCRACY —
FLOODS —
Johanna, pastoral worker amidst the rubble: “A great tragedy but also unexpected show of solidarity”
di Sarah NumicoAmidst the flood disaster, in Ahrweiler (Rhineland-Palatinate), in the Aurina valley, the pastoral support team of Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler (Trier diocese),…
“FIT FOR 55” —
Green Deal. Milano: “There is no more time to waste. Will the floods in Northern Europe serve as a lesson?”
di Gigliola Alfaro“We cannot wait until 2030 to meet the sustainable development goals. Cutting emissions by 55% – now cut by only…
Digital sovereignty: EU Commission launches Alliances for semiconductors and industrial cloud technologies
Security: Microsoft Exchange impaired and exploited by hackers in Chinese territory. Borrel (EU), “irresponsible, harmful behaviour”
ANNIVERSARY —
Fr. Rattoballi remembers Paolo Borsellino: “A man of the Beatitudes”
di Filippo PassantinoThe priest confessed the magistrate assassinated by the Sicilian Mafia two days before the Via d’Amelio bombing. Marking the 29th…
Germany: floods, parishes and dioceses mobilise. Caritas offices hold fundraisers
Germany: Mgr. Schick (Archbishop of Bamberg), “prayers for the dead and desperate, for reconstruction and care of creation”
SEVERE WEATHER —
Germany: Rhineland-Palatinate, the Land hit the hardest by the flood. People dead and missing, families left roofless. Father Meyrer, “a catastrophic situation, but great solidarity”
POVERTY —
Caritas, more than half of Italy’s poor are not receiving Citizenship Income. Now needed “more than ever”
di Patrizia CaiffaCaritas Italy’s 6th Report on Anti-Poverty Measures shows that the new poor due to the COVID-19 pandemic, especially young couples…
Austria: “Kinderhotel Collegialitat”, a holiday hotel for children with disabilities and their families
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