#Mediterranean

Italian Bishops’ meeting on the Mediterranean. Card. Hollerich (COMECE): “It’s time to take action. The Church must be Europe’s conscience”

“We must be a prophetic Church, with proposals.” Card. Jean-Claude Hollerich, Archbishop of Luxembourg, President of the Commission of the…

Italian Bishops’ meeting on the Mediterranean. Msgr. Bugeja (Libia): “Libyan Church present, not hidden”

The meeting of the bishops of the Mediterranean promoted by CEI will open tomorrow in Bari. Participants include the Apostolic…

Italian Bishops’ meeting on the Mediterranean. Card. Angelo Bagnasco (CCEE): “Europe, do not become insensitive, don’t turn a blind eye”

Card. Angelo Bagnasco, Archbishop of Genoa, President of the Council of European Episcopal Conferences ( CCEE): “People can become insensitive…

Italian Bishops’ ‘Mediterranean’ Conference. Card. Sandri (Oriental Churches): “A commitment for a ‘Mediterranean Spring’”

The meeting in Bari is meant “to raise awareness on the crisis affecting this region and the response we are…

Italian Bishops’ meeting on the Mediterranean. Msgr. Desfarges (Algeri): “We simply cannot lock ourselves in and build walls”

“Countries on both sides of the Mediterranean should reflect on how to help migrants, people who have been through dreadful…

Meeting for peace in the Mediterranean in Bari. Msgr. Raspanti (CEI Vice-President): “We wish to create a commonly shared model.”

Only one month to go before the meeting for peace in the Mediterranean in Bari, organized by the Italian Bishops’…

EU-Libya: Michel (European Council), “there is no military solution to the crisis. Only a political process can bring peace and stability

Msgr. Russo (CEI): “Responsibility curbs anti-democratic drifts.” May Rome’s local elections bring about a “sense of belonging”

The Secretary General of the Italian Bishops’ Conference, Monsignor Stefano Russo, tackled the top issues on the agenda of the…

Mediterranean: Rome to host MED2019. Economy, climate, migration: a thousand participants from 5 to 7 December

Pope Francis: on migrants killed in Mediterranean shipwreck, “international community must act decisively and promptly”

Libya: Tajani (EU Parliament), “Military action is not the solution to the Libyan crisis. EU must intervene, contributing to a peaceful and democratic solution”