HEALTH AND SOCIAL CRISIS —
HEALTH AND SOCIAL CRISIS —
Ethiopia: Justitia et Pax Europa, a tragic situation. An appeal for peace negotiations and humanitarian aids
HEALTH AND SOCIAL CRISIS —
EU-Churches: online meeting. Athenagoras, “Covid measures are necessary, religious communities will show responsibility”
CLERGY —
France: Report on the “state of health” of priests to gain insight into the risk of burnout and depression
di M. Chiara BiagioniIn France, seven priests committed suicide in the last four years. Two took their own lives this year, both in…
Germany: Government asks to “avoid large gatherings at religious celebrations” over Christmas. Wide range of streamed Masses.
Council of Europe: Advisory Committee, “steps back on minorities’ rights weaken democracy”
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM —
Persecuted Christians. ACN: “Over 300 Christians unjustly imprisoned each month across the globe”
di Daniele Rocchi“Set your captives free”, a Report on Christians unjustly detained for their Faith, was released today by Aid to the…
FROM ARGENTINA —
Maradona, a “working-class boy.” Msgr. Fernández: “He never disowned the faith of the simple”
di Bruno Desidera (*)All of Argentina grieves and mourns football legend Diego Armando Maradona, died yesterday at 60 from a heart attack in…
Sweden: no more than 8 people at Mass. Card. Arborelius to the congregation, “a drastic but painful step. And there are greater sufferings in the world”
PRAYER —
Pope at audience: “The Church is not a market or a political party”
di M.Michela NicolaisPope Francis devoted today’s general audience to the prayer of the nascent Church, which is the space of the Holy…
INTERVIEW —
Father Sorge: the virus of individualism and Europe as a vaccine
di Gianni BorsaInterview with Chiara Tintori, political scientist. In the last few months she collaborated extensively with the Jesuit priest who passed…

