UK: assisted suicide, bishops reaffirm their position. “Vulnerable patients will be put at risk”
United Kingdom: Jubilee Pilgrimage running through England and Wales. McCarthy: “Bring medieval ways back to life”
HERITAGE AND ARCHITECTURE —
Culture: thousands of sites open to the public for European Heritage Days. Micallef (EU), “honouring our past whilst building the future”
CINEMA —
Japan. Film by Japanese Catholic filmmaker Matsumoto Junpei to be screened at the Vatican as an instrument of peace
di Massimo SucciOn 31 October, the Vatican Film Library will screen “Nagasaki — In the Shadow of the Flash”, based on the…
Spain: Care of Creation, the Day of Prayer celebrated today. Iberian Bishops, “ecological, social and environmental justice”
Consecrated Life —
188th General Chapter of the Augustinians opens in Rome to elect new Prior General
di Riccardo BenottiThe 188th General Chapter of the Augustinians is underway at the Augustinianum in Rome, gathering 83 delegates from 50 countries.…
Council of Europe: the names of the three candidates shortlisted for the 2025 Václav Havel Prize for human rights just announced
mRNA vaccines: Evans (Wellness Equity Alliance), “US funding cuts will slow progress and especially penalize the poor and the communities of color”
Witness —
Jubilee of Young People. Monsignor Martinelli (Southern Arabia): “Being Church as a minority teaches us to live the essential”
di Riccardo BenottiNinety young Catholics from the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia took part in the Jubilee of Young People in Rome.…
Testimonies —
Jubilee of Young People. Nicolò Govoni: “Believing is the most subversive act we can commit. Never stop doing it”
di Riccardo BenottiNicolò Govoni, founder of Still I Rise, speaks to young people about the strength of fragility, the importance of friendship,…
MASS AT TOR VERGATA —
Leo XIV’s message to young people: “Aspire to great things”
di M.Michela NicolaisDuring Holy Mass at Tor Vergata on the last day of the Jubilee of Young People, Pope Leo XIV exhorted…

