Climate: EU Joint Research Centre, drought alert. Italy, France and Spain affected. “Appropriate use of water” crucial

France: Secours-Catholique publishes annual report. Poverty caused by pandemic “could become chronic”

Synod: a European map of the “listening” stage. Syntheses of the Bishops’ Conferences expected to be sent to Rome by August 15th now published or being prepared

Macron a “lame duck”, France and the future of the EU. Meanwhile, Putin sneers…

In France’s legislative election the French president failed to win an absolute majority in Parliament. His Ensemble coalition must now…

France: La Croix, a “shattered” country. Macron downsized, left and far right soaring up. A broken Assemblée national

Macron won, but sovereignisms are far from vanquished. Renewed wake-up call for European politics

Incumbent French President Emmanuel Macron wins re-election defeating his opponent Marine Le Pen. France is divided, alongside many other countries’…

France: the results of the first round of the presidential election make the headlines, amidst worries and questions about the potential result of the second round

Pope Francis: letter to French Bishops gathered in Lourdes, “I am with you in the storm of shame and the drama of abuse”

Sexual abuse in the Church: 216,000 victims in France since 1950. Bishops and clergy: “There is still a long way to go before we can hope to deserve their forgiveness”

Presentation of a shocking Report that documents cases of sexual abuse in the Church of France. An estimated 216,000 victims…

Card. Parolin: visit to Council of Europe. In the afternoon, Mass with young people at Sanctuary of Mont Sainte-Odile

Schuman, artisan of peace. Zin: “the way to holiness can pass through political engagement”

Pope Francis has declared “venerable” the French statesman Robert Schuman, celebrated for being a leading figure in the European integration…