Pope in Iraq. Card. Sako (Patriarch) to SIR: “The Pope’s tears touched the hearts of all Iraqi people. Now a ‘Magna Carta’ to rebuild the Iraq of civilizations”

Pope Francis’ apostolic journey to Iraq (from March 5) ended today with a farewell ceremony in Baghdad. SIR interviewed the…

March 8th: EU Parliament, messages from the Vice President of the USA and the Prime Minister of New Zealand. The plenary meeting will open with a minute’s silence in remembrance of Luca Attanasio

Pope in Iraq. Shi’a cleric Sayyed Jawad Al-Khoei (Najaf): “We will go to the Vatican soon. Dialogue must continue”

Sayyed Jawad Al-Khoei, a leading representative of Iraqi Shi’a Muslims, made a promise from Najaf: “We must continue strengthening our…

Gender equality: report from EU Commission, “COVID-19 rolled back on hard-won achievements of past years

The Church in Europe: a prayer for the victims of the pandemic in Luxembourg, Malta, Moldavia, Scandinavia, Holland and Monaco

Conference on the Future of Europe: the EU Parliament gives the green lights. “A bottom-up process”. Sassoli, “a great opportunity”

Pope Francis at the centre of the Shiite world. Msgr. Coda (Sophia): “A peace strategy that leaves out no one”

Msgr. Coda, theologian, with a long experience of dialogue with Shiite Islam: “The Pope pursues an inspiring approach with two…

EU Commission: “Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities”. Jourova, “ensuring integration and quality of life”

Pope Francis: “I will go to Iraq. One cannot disappoint a people for the second time”

Pope Francis concluded today’s audience with a confirmation of his visit to Iraq, scheduled to begin the day after tomorrow,…

Pope Francis in Iraq. Card. Sandri: “A balm of peace to heal the wounds of Iraq and of the entire Middle East”

Pope Francis will depart for Iraq on Friday 5 March (until 8 March), the first journey by a pontiff to…

EU Commission: €102 million for reforms in all 27 Member States. Funding for 226 projects focusing on economy, Green Deal and digital transition