POLITICS —
Global Health Summit: Von der Leyen, “turn pandemic experience into a lesson for the future”. Draghi, “vaccinate the world quickly”
GLOBAL HEALTH SUMMIT —
G20: COVID-19 Summit in Rome tomorrow. Co-hosted by Draghi and Von der Leyen. Commission President to have audience with Pope on Saturday
RIGHTS OF THE CHILD —
Children and COVID-19. Cesvi: increased risk of maltreatment, especially in the south of Italy. Zavatta: “Reinforce infancy territorial services and mental health care”
di Giovanna Pasqualin TraversaAlarming situation in the south of the country, severe distress triggered by COVID-19, especially in the most vulnerable households registering…
ECONOMY —
The National Recovery and Resilience Plan is on track, will everyone be on board?
di Paolo ZuccaIn the coming decades we will hardly see such a huge amount of cost-free or low-cost funding being invested in…
INTERVIEW —
Truffelli (Catholic Action): “The power of friendship, the ability to surprise”
di Gianni BorsaThe National Assembly of the lay Catholic Association Catholic Action is taking place in digital format from April 25 to…
2021 REPORT —
Refugees: Centro Astalli refugee service, increased requests for food and shelter due to pandemic. Italians seeking assistance for the first time
di Patrizia CaiffaOver the year 2020, Jesuit refugee service “Centro Astalli” supported over 17,000 people across its eight local branches, 10,000 of…
INTERVIEW —
Focolare Movement. Margaret Karram: “We seek to bring human fraternity and peace where the cry of disunity is loudest”
di M. Chiara BiagioniInterview with Margaret Karram, Arab, Christian-Catholic president of the Focolare Movement. She was born in Haifa, in the Holy Land,…
ONLINE PRESS CONFERENCE —
Permanent Council of Italian Bishops. Msgr. Russo: “Cooperation with the new Government, also for Easter services”
di M.Michela Nicolais“Cooperation” – this term encapsulates the relations between the Italian Church and the new Italian Government, as expressed by the…
INTERVIEW WITH THE EXPERT —
COVID-19 epidemic. Infectious Disease Specialist Roberto Cauda: “Step up vaccination against variants”
di Giovanna Pasqualin TraversaAlmost half of all Italian regions risks being classified as “orange zones”, including Lombardy (with lockdown imposed on four districts…
CORONAVIRUS —
Covid-19. Ippolito (Spallanzani): “Monoclonal antibodies are not the silver bullet”
di Elisabetta GramoliniItaly’s Medicines Agency has authorized the use of Monoclonal Antibody for early treatment of Covid-19 while The Lancet published data…
DAY OF HUMAN FRATERNITY —
Abu Dhabi document. Card. Ayuso (Holy See): “The art of dialogue is indispensable”
di M. Chiara BiagioniThe United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 4 February as the International Day of Human Fraternity on 21 December last in…

