ACN Dossier: Iraq awaiting Pope Francis

Pope Francis will visit Iraq next 5-8 March, the first by a Pontiff in the land of Abraham, with one…

France: Bordeaux, 300 people, including 100 children, evicted from the banlieue. Condemnation of Catholic associations. “Everyone has the right to a home”

UK: Card. Nichols (Catholic primate), letter for Lent. “Pray at home. Bless each other by making the sign of the cross”

Lunar New Year. Chiaretto Yan (Shanghai): “We hope for a new world of fraternity and peace”

People in the Far East and millions around the world are celebrating Lunar New Year. Speaking from Shanghai, Kin Sheung…

Spain. Manos Unidas: ‘Hunger, poverty and inequality, epidemics that no vaccine can cure’

The global number of coronavirus infections has exceeded one hundred million, yet the figures for hunger and poverty are far…

Economy, uncertainty prevails. Gentiloni: “out of the tunnel in 2022.” EU confidence in Draghi’s ability

The European Commissioner presented data and forecasts for the EU economy, based on the current pandemic crisis, anti-COVID restrictions and…

EU economic forecast: Gentiloni, great uncertainty but “we see light at the end of the tunnel”. Recovery linked to pandemic and Next Generation EU

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”