EU Parliament: plenary, final vote on Brexit, then farewell to British MEPs. Liliana Segre to commemorate Shoah before MEPs
Brexit: the United Kingdom gets ready to say farewell to the European Union. Street parties, official speeches and prayers
SHOAH —
Holocaust Remembrance Day: the memories of artist Marian Kołodziej, the first prisoner of Auschwitz
di Marco CalvareseDeported to Auschwitz on 14 June 1940, Marian Kołodziej was on the first train that entered the Nazi concentration camp…
REFLECTION —
The Word of God, an antidote to indifference
di Valentino BulgarelliThe mission of the Christian community consists in fostering the encounter between the Word of God and every man and…
Appeal —
Pope Francis: at Angelus, in front of Shoah “indifference is not admissible and memory is due”. “Never again!”
Homily —
Pope Francis: Mass on Day of Word of God, “it frees us from the bondage of our selfishness, it has the power to change our lives”
Slovakia: anti-abortion help project serving as “family glue”
POLITICS —
Brexit, Italians’ obstacle race. The UK will close borders
di Silvia Guzzetti from LondonThe UK is set to leave the European Union on 31 January. Concrete problems lie ahead for EU citizens living…
APPOINTMENTS —
Shrine of Lourdes. The mission of the new Rector Msgr. Dumas: “The Pope calls for pastoral care and to minister to popular piety”
di Filippo PassantinoAppointed on 1 October by the Apostolic Delegate, Monsignor Olivier Ribadeau Dumas described to SIR the task entrusted to him…
International Day of Education: Unesco, “a human right and a public asset”, but “258 million children do not go to school”
MESSAGE —
54ª World Day of Social Communications. Ruffini: “Bad stories are stories poorly told”
di Amerigo VecchiarelliPaolo Ruffini, Prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Communication, comments on Pope Francis’ Message for the 54th World Communications Day…

