#Deaths

Cholera emergency in Mariupol. Fr. Oleh Ladnyuk (Salesian): “There are no definite news but the risk increases with heat, contaminated water and unattended corpses.”

“Tens of thousands dead from the cholera epidemic – unfortunately, this is a potentially real scenario for occupied Mariupol. “The…

Shevchuk in Irpin and Bucha: “Words fail us. Their blood cries out to us”

A memorial service was held yesterday at the mass graves in Bucha. His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk, Major Archbishop of Kyiv…

Ukraine. Appeal from priests: “Create humanitarian corridors to bury the dead”

Shattered lives, corpses abandoned on the streets, mass graves, Russian and Ukrainian mothers who are still unable to embrace and…

Tornadoes in the USA: the city of Mayfield, Kentucky, razed to the ground. Caritas relief efforts and solidarity

Deaths. Rubble. Trees ripped from the ground. Buildings razed. Windows, rooftops torn off, doors swept away and reduced to rubble.…

Coronavirus Covid-19: Eurostat, 580 thousand more deaths from March to December 2020. Country-by-country figures

Over 200 priests died from COVID-19 in the first 9 months. The north of the country hardest hit, 60% more fatalities compared to 2019

Older priests were dying in the highest numbers, with a mean age of 82 years, mirroring the age of COVID-19…

Myanmar. Card. Charles Bo (Yangon): “Let no more blood be shed.” “We are ready to mediate dialogue”

The photo is symbolic of yesterday’s protests in Maynmar against the coup on 1 February: a nun on her knees…

Shocking videos of drowned baby and man died in hospital bathroom. Don Patriciello: “Helpful if they awaken our numb consciences”

“Seeing the suffering of others through the eyes of our hearts, putting ourselves in their shoes.” It’s the appeal of…

Eurostat: from March to June, 168 thousand more deaths in Europe than in the past