DEMOGRAPHY —
Eurostat: COVID-19 cuts Europeans’ life expectancy. People live the longest in Spain, Switzerland, Italy and Sweden
10-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN —
International Roma Day: EU Commission, “still too much prejudice and discrimination. Foster social inclusion”
COVID-19 Coronavirus: EU Commission, €123 million for research into variants
Brexit: Northern Ireland, riots among unionists and police. Bairner (Loughborough University), “scared of being left out of the United Kingdom”
PRAYER —
Pope at audience: “A ‘saint’ that does not bring you to Jesus is not a saint, not even a Christian.”
di M.Michela NicolaisPope Francis devoted today’s audience to the connection between prayer and the communion of saints who “are still here not…
STATEMENT —
Kosovo: Osmani elected President. Krastev (political analyst) to SIR, “generational change in post-war politics”. Issue of Serbia still pending
International Roma Day: Pejcinovic Buric (Council of Europe), “remembering the past to build the future”
UK: desire for independence in Wales. Wyn Jones (Univ. of Cardiff) to SIR, the reason is Brexit and little respect for local identities
POLITICAL ELECTION —
Bulgaria: Grigorov (political analyst) to SIR, “a change of route, for Borissov the time has expired”
A MONTH LATER —
Pope in Iraq. Card. Sako: “The time has come for religion-State separation”. Four concrete proposals
di Daniele RocchiOne month after Pope Francis’ visit (5-8 March), Card. Louis Raphael Sako, Chaldean Patriarch of Baghdad, reaffirmed the importance for…
