Final high-school exams and COVID-19. Affinati: “Students, put yourselves to the test to give a deeper meaning to life”

Italy’s 2021 high-school final exam, the second in a time of coronavirus, will start in four weeks. The oral exam…

EU Parliament: new Erasmus+ adopted. Resources doubled, 28 billion in 7 years to allow young people to study abroad

Pope at audience: “Being able to persevere in difficult times is true spiritual progress”

Pope Francis devoted today’s audience to the three main difficulties we encounter when we pray: distraction, time of bareness, sloth.…

Sweden: the country’s first Caritas Youth launched in Stockholm

WYD: “To invest in young people is to invest in the future of the Church”

The Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life published the Pastoral Guidelines for the Celebration of WYD in the…

EU Parliament: plenary session in Brussels. Victims in the Mediterranean, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, relations with Turkey

Jerusalem clashes. Pizzaballa (Patriarch): “No solution can be imposed, it must be the result of Israeli-Palestinian dialogue”

“Jerusalem is the heart of the problem. On this occasion it acted as the spark that ignited the conflict in…

Scotland: Bishops advancing environmental protection. Pastoral letter and launch of Care of Creation Office

Gaza Strip. Fr Romanelli (parish priest): “A small support network created in the parish.” Unicef, “57 children killed.” UN diplomatic stalemate

Clashes between Hamas and the Israeli Army continue in the Gaza Strip. “There are no signs of a truce”, the…

Germany: third Ecumenical Congress ended. The views of Bishops Bätzing (“common witness”) and Feige (“church bubble”)

United Kingdom: towards a relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions. The Catholic Bishops’ guidelines for Mass and visits to the sick