Meeting of Mediterranean Bishops and Mayors. Pizzaballa (Patriarch): “Alliance with civil authorities for common actions concerning citizenship”

The bishops of the Churches of the Mediterranean region will convene in Florence following the 2020 meeting in Bari. Sixty…

Remembrance Day. Milena Santerini (national coordinator): “The rage of the very young, caused by the culture of contempt”

Beaten with kicks and spits because he is Jewish. The story of a 12-year-old boy attacked by peers in Campiglia…

Christian unity. Mons. Olivero ( CEI): “Humble in our quest, we need one another”

Interview with Monsignor Derio Olivero, Bishop of Pinerolo, President of the Italian Bishops’ Conference Commission for Ecumenism and Dialogue, on…

Demographic winter. De Palo: “Natality Foundation restores hope in the future”

“Our first objective is to hold a national demographics conference around the 15th of May each year, involving representatives of…

Plummeting birth rates. Rosina: “Italy has created a fragile and unstable future for itself  by not investing in the next generations”

“For too long Italy has been among the countries least supportive of parenthood,” the demographer told SIR, commenting on the…

EU Commission: VAT fraud and evasion, 134 billion lost in the EU in a year. Italy first

Victims of abuse. Msgr. Ghizzoni: “We ask for forgiveness, we are here to listen and support you”

The National Day of Prayer for Victims and Survivors of Abuse is being observed today, Thursday November 18, for the…

Priests in Italy: average age rising, almost one in ten are not Italian nationals. Decline in the number of priests under 30 and fidei donum priests.

There were a total of 31, 793 priests in 2020 compared to 38,209 in 1990, marking a 16.5% drop in…

Seminarians in Italy, an overview. Figures for the Church of tomorrow

Data collected by the National Office for the Pastoral Care of Vocations of the Italian Bishops’ Conference confirm the declining…

Immigration. Caritas/Migrantes: “Fewer foreign nationals in Italy due to demographic decline and the pandemic”

The findings of the 30th Report on Immigration released by Caritas Italy and Migrantes Foundation, “Towards an increasingly greater us”,…

Green pass. Graffigna (Uni Cattolica ): “Communication must enhance citizens’ primary role”

The COVID-19 “Green Pass” health certificate is mandatory for workplaces in Italy as of Friday October 15. More than 90…