#Peace

Easter 2024. Msgr. Baturi (CEI): “Building networks of friendship in places of war requires a renewed vision of Europe”

“The Church in Italy has received an important mandate from History and from Papal Magisterium: to be a sign of…

War and arms high on the EU agenda. What about the other “priority issues”?

The European Union stands by Kyiv and the Ukrainian people in the armed conflict unleashed by Putin. But the EU27…

Haiti. Father Pipinato (Caritas): “The country is blockaded and without food, no alternative to UN troops”

Father Gabriele Pipinato, director of the Italian Bishops’ Service for Charitable Interventions for the Development of Peoples, presented a comprehensive…

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Bishops’ Plenary. “Accession to the European Union will help preserve peace”

EU Commission: “water is a human right, securing it means securing peace and sustainability”

Brussels: Council of war? Do not succumb to arms

The heads of state and government of the EU-27 will convene for a two-day summit on 21 and 22 March…

Gaza Strip. Father Asaad (Vicar): “The smell of death is all around us”

“The situation remains extremely critical and is worsening by the hour. Our Christian parishioners place all their trust and hope…

Card. Zuppi: “To repudiate war means to halt it”

The Archbishop of Bologna, President of the Italian Bishops’ Conference, opened the Standing Committee meeting with a speech on the…

Nordic countries: Luxembourg, Bishops’ Plenary in recent days. Support for Ukraine, but “need to seek peace”. Mgr Kozon, “synodality is not an option”

Syria: Msgr. Jallouf (Latin Vicar), “The local population continue to suffer and to die, but no one talks about it anymore”

Friday, 15 March, marks the 13th anniversary of the Syrian Civil War, which continues to be waged. SIR publishes the…

Israel and Hamas. Nili Bar Sinai (Kibbutz Be’eri): “On women and the education they give their children lies the future of both peoples”

What is the role of women in a situation of war? The testimony of a 73-year-old psychologist, a survivor of…