EU: Sassoli (Parliament President), pleased with the deal but “we want to make corrections to the budget. Some of the planned cuts are unjustified.”

Recovery Fund. Mons. Crociata (COMECE): “A great fear has been overcome”

“A great fear has been overcome.” The COMECE bishops welcomed the agreement reached in Brussels to help European countries recover…

Next Generation EU: a new European economic policy takes shape

Protracted and thorny negotiations in Brussels: politics needs time, patience, diplomacy. The Italian Prime Minister announced the obtainment of funds…

European Council: Fr. Barrios Prieto (COMECE), “with this agreement, there is a future for all”

European Council: Sassoli (Parliament), “unprecedented agreement”. Merkel, “I am relieved”. Macron, “historic day”

European Council: Michel (president), this agreement ”is a sign of trust”, showing that the EU “is a union of values”

European Council: Von der Leyen (EU Commission), unprecedented deal combining “solidarity and responsibility”

Landmark achievement in Brussels. EU leaders strike deal: the terms of the €750 billion Recovery Fund.

The final decision was taken after four days of complex negotiations. The EU’s long-term budget and the Recovery Fund have…

Holy See: “missionary conversion” in parishes and pastoral units

New Instruction of the Congregation for the Clergy to “rethink” the parish and the priestly mission of priests and lay…

Parish: Holy See, “proximity” keyword for pastoral units

Parish: Holy See, reform is neither “self-referential conception” nor “clericalisation of pastoral activity”