EU Commission: social campaign to promote rediscovery of Europe’s natural and cultural treasures

Council of Europe: report on jails. 2 million people serving alternatives to arrest. 118 thousand convicts freed during lockdown

Integral ecology. The Holy See: need for “ecological citizenship”

The Holy See’s Interdicastery Table presented a document on integral ecology today, five years after the publication of Laudato si’.…

UNHCR: 79.5 million people forcibly displaced worldwide, unprecedented numbers

Two-thirds of 79.5 million people forcibly displaced worldwide (1% of the world’s population) fled from Syria, Venezuela, Afghanistan, South Sudan…

EU Commission: Demography Report, a white-haired Europe. Upcoming “Green Paper on Ageing”

New infections in China: diocese of Beijing closes parish churches  

New coronavirus outbreak in China, Beijing raises emergency level. Authorities closed schools and universities forthwith and suspended indoor sports activities…

EU: Message from Catholic and Evangelical Churches about German presidency. Health and economic crisis, social rights, environment. Support for Conference on Future of Europe

EU: Message from Catholic and Evangelical Churches about German presidency. “Consequences of pandemic to be addressed with a united Europe”

Pope at audience: “Help the hungry, those defeated by life, the poor, the homeless”

Pope Francis devoted today’s general audience, livestreamed from the Library of the Apostolic Palace, to the prayer of Moses. The…

COVID-19 Coronavirus: EU Commission, European vaccines strategy. Funding, regulatory framework, avoiding “competition” between countries

COVID-19 Coronavirus: Michel (European Council), “opportunity to transform our economies”. Talking points ahead of summit