Poverty and COVID-19: Caritas Rome, 600% more food aid in June. 35% new poor due to the lockdown

Rome is facing a “social pandemic” caused by the restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 crisis. Caritas Rome’s 2020 Report records…

Norway: no more than 20 people in church. Oslo, bishop Eidsvig asks the authorities for “Christmas amnesty”.

Covid-19 and consecrated life. Fr. Arturo Sosa (Jesuits): “Democracy could become a victim of the pandemic”

“In many nations the pandemic has become a pretext to exacerbate governments’ authoritarian attitudes and halt the democratic nature of…

EU Parliament: plenary to discuss response to COVID-19, EU vaccination strategy, Brexit and future relations with UK

Austria: Bishops react to Court judgement decriminalising assisted suicide. “A slap in the face of humanity. Protect right to life”

Poland: Wiosna report, the pandemic causes the number of poor people to grow. Huge problems for children, old and disabled people

Christmas in Syria. Card. Zenari (Nuncio): “The poverty into which Jesus was born is the same poverty afflicting Syrian children today.” Testimonials from Idlib and Qamishli

The Christian communities in war-torn Syria look forward to Christmas. First-hand accounts from the Apostolic Nuncio, Card. Mario Zenari, and…

Brexit: ahead with negotiations. Stuart (Univ. of Nottingham) to SIR, “Johnson’s premiership in the balance” between pandemic and Brexit

Brexit: ahead with negotiations. Stuart (Univ. of Nottingham) to SIR, “agreement ready, but still divergences. No deal would spell economic disaster for UK”

EU Commission: Single Digital Gateway to be launched tomorrow “to promote online access to public services across Europe”

Syrian and Iraqi humanitarian crisis: Msgr. Tejado Muñoz (Holy See), “from the emergency phase to integral development”

“Renewed commitment of the Church for the people of Syria, Iraq and the entire region; increased proximity and closeness to…