#Places of worship

Monastery of the Order of Saint Paul in Mariupol seized by the Russians. The parish priest: “The city is in shambles”

The Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit monastery in Mariupol, where the Pauline Fathers lived and served, has been…

Russia: the archbishop of Moscow consecrates the new little church of Solikamsk. A meeting of peoples, histories and cultures. “A sign of reconciliation”

Germany: the pandemic takes its toll on German cathedrals. Fewer devotees, financial losses. The case of Cologne

Sweden: church vandalised in Göteborg. Card. Arborelius, news that gives “pain and dismay”

COVID-19 Coronavirus: Romania, over 10,000 cases per day. Country in partial lockdown, restrictions on worship

Luxembourg: “The Summer of open churches”, an initiative to rediscover the Grand Duchy’s places of worship

Orthodox Church: 200 new parish complexes in Moscow. A project in motion

Orthodox Patriarch Kirill launched a major initiative in 2011 providing for the construction of places of worship and building complexes…

Churches of France, attacks and profanations. Schlegel (Esprit): “It’s a deep wound, but it’s not Catholicphobia”

The director of “Esprit” magazine commented for SIR on the countless episodes of attacks against Catholic churches and other religious…

The Netherlands: Catholics and Reformed, “Taste the Church” event. Invitations and open doors in Dutch places of worship

The ashes of Notre Dame

Perhaps the right answer to the fire of Notre Dame can be found in its ashes: a sorrowful form of…

Notre Dame goes up in flames. The  French bishops: “A disfiguration of our own flesh”

Endless hours of flames and smoke devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, a symbol of Christianity. Archbishop Aupetit was on…