CEI Assembly. Card. Bassetti: “Synodality is in full harmony with the path undertaken by the Italian Church”

Card. Bassetti devoted most of his introductory speech to Italian bishops gathered in their Assembly meeting, opened yesterday by Pope…

Global Health Summit: pharmaceutical companies pledge more vaccines for poor countries. Bill Gates, “share doses and money”

Global Health Summit: Von der Leyen, “turn pandemic experience into a lesson for the future”. Draghi, “vaccinate the world quickly”

G20: COVID-19 Summit in Rome tomorrow. Co-hosted by Draghi and Von der Leyen. Commission President to have audience with Pope on Saturday

Children and COVID-19. Cesvi: increased risk of maltreatment, especially in the south of Italy. Zavatta: “Reinforce infancy territorial services and mental health care”

Alarming situation in the south of the country, severe distress triggered by COVID-19, especially in the most vulnerable households registering…

The National Recovery and Resilience Plan is on track, will everyone be on board?

In the coming decades we will hardly see such a huge amount of cost-free or low-cost funding being invested in…

Truffelli (Catholic Action): “The power of friendship, the ability to surprise”

The National Assembly of the lay Catholic Association Catholic Action is taking place in digital format from April 25 to…

Refugees: Centro Astalli refugee service, increased requests for food and shelter due to pandemic. Italians seeking assistance for the first time

Over the year 2020, Jesuit refugee service “Centro Astalli” supported over 17,000 people across its eight local branches, 10,000 of…

Focolare Movement. Margaret Karram: “We seek to bring human fraternity and peace  where the cry of disunity is loudest”

Interview with Margaret Karram, Arab, Christian-Catholic president of the Focolare Movement. She was born in Haifa, in the Holy Land,…

Permanent Council of Italian Bishops. Msgr. Russo: “Cooperation with the new Government, also for Easter services”

“Cooperation” – this term encapsulates the relations between the Italian Church and the new Italian Government, as expressed by the…

COVID-19 epidemic. Infectious Disease Specialist Roberto Cauda: “Step up vaccination against variants”

Almost half of all Italian regions risks being classified as “orange zones”, including Lombardy (with lockdown imposed on four districts…