Russia: the website of the Department for External Relations of the Orthodox Church gets an update and appears in 10 languages

The Pope in Iraq. Fr Attalla (Qaraqosh): “His visit is a great consolation after so much suffering.” Youth gathering on February 15

Pope Francis will visit Mosul and Qaraqosh in the Nineveh Plains on 7 March, two destinations of the Apostolic visit…

Lourdes at a time of pandemic. Msgr. Dumas (Rector): “A difficult year, we hope to resume pilgrimages in July”

The sick will not be allowed to visit the Massabielle Grotto on 11th February, marking the Feast of Our Lady…

Netherlands: Pastoral Congress “When God renews us” moves online. “To be missionaries for the Kingdom”

Coronavirus Covid-19: Von der Leyen (EU Commission) about the EU vaccination strategy. Three mistakes and three strengths. “70% of Europeans vaccinated by the end of summer”

United Kingdom. Lockdown in Birmingham, school reaches out to children and families

The Catholic primary school in Birmingham, forming part of the Lumen Christi Catholic Multiacademy, is located in one of the…

Pope at audience: “To go ahead without that bitter, negative taste”

Pope Francis devoted today’s general audience to prayer in daily life. In the closing greetings, an invitation to the Italian…

EU: new Mediterranean partnership. Five pillars: human development, economy, peace, migration, green transition

EU: new Mediterranean Partnership. Borrell, “turning common challenges into opportunities”. 7 billion investment over seven years

Germany: Bishops’ Assembly. Church’s state of health, assisted suicide, ecumenism, abuse and synodal journey on the agenda

Bosnia and Herzegovina. A tent-refectory for 900 migrants in below-zero temperatures

Completion scheduled this weekend. Report from the Lipa refugee camp in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 900 migrant youths live in…