Poland: a new Catholic social platform. “We would like to show the world that the Gospel is for everyone”.

Belarus: Babaryka sentenced to 14 years in prison. Stano (EU), “release him immediately along with the other 530 political prisoners”

Netherlands: Mgr. Smeets, Bishop of Roermond, diagnosed with brain cancer. Solidarity from the whole Dutch Church

United Kingdom: proposal to make unrestricted abortion legal has been withdrawn. Mgr. Sherrington, “attempts at widening access” to termination

Pope Francis: “regular post-operative process”

Pope Francis had a peaceful two nights after colon surgery at the Gemelli Hospital. “The post-operative process is regular,” the…

Francis, in frailty, influencer of the Holy Spirit

For us, Francis is first of all a suffering person needing our support at a time of difficulty in his…

Card. Parolin: visit to Council of Europe. In the afternoon, Mass with young people at Sanctuary of Mont Sainte-Odile

Eurostat: COVID-19 crisis led to less work, reduced incomes and higher risk of poverty in 2020

United Kingdom: House of Commons, a proposal to make abortion legal, without restrictions. Mgr. Sherrington, “every protection would thus be swept away”

700,000 homeless people in Europe. EU, “a home for all by 2030”

The EU has launched the European platform on combating homelessness. “The most extreme form of social exclusion”,  according to Commissioner…

War in Tigray: “Deadly silence broken only by children weeping”

Local sources report on the civil war in Tigray, a northern region of Ethiopia. Mass murders, rape, ethnic cleansing, looting…