MISSIONS —
The poor of Seoul. A missionary among the outcasts of the high-tech country
di Miela Fagiolo D’Attilia*South Korea, an extremely poor nation at the end of the Second World War, is now at the leading edge…
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MISSIONS —
FOOD CRISIS —
Grain war: Putin’s “concessions” and North Africa as “big loser”
di Ilaria De Bonis (*)In Central Africa, bread is a luxury reserved for Westerners: ordinary people are too poor to eat it. The war…
DRAFT LAW —
Surrogacy. Armeni: “Not freedom but exploitation”
di Giovanna Pasqualin TraversaForget freedom of choice and altruism. For journalist and writer Ritanna Armeni, surrogacy is an unacceptable form of exploitation of…
DRAFT LAW —
Surrogacy. Lulli (gynaecologist): “A deep bond is formed between the (surrogate) mother and the child. No more silence”
di Giovanna Pasqualin Traversa“We have broken the most sacred bond in human history: the bond between mother and child,” says gynaecologist Emanuela Lulli.…
2022 OUTREACH REPORT AND 2023 POVERTY REPORT —
Caritas Italy: increased poverty rates, growing territorial disparities and stigma against vulnerable persons
di Lucandrea MassaroA total of 255,957 persons received assistance from diocesan and parish Caritas outreach centres and services in 2022; two-thirds of…
TESTIMONY —
100th anniversary Don Milani: from Barbiana to Rondine, how ‘Don Lorenzo’ inspired the Peace Citadel
di Daniele RocchiFrom Barbiana, a remote hamlet in the mountainous area of Vicchio, in Tuscany’s Mugello region, to Rondine, a small medieval…
43RD NATIONAL CONGRESS —
Caritas Italy. Fr Pagniello: a co-responsibility ‘plan’ against poverty, involving the Church, civil society and relevant institutions
di From our correspondent Patrizia CaiffaThe 43rd National Diocesan Caritas Congress that brought together 660 delegates from 173 dioceses April 17-20, drew to a close…
43RD CONVENTION OF THE ITALIAN DIOCESAN CARITAS —
Mons. Redaelli (Caritas Italy): “Migration is not an emergency, it is a reality requiring appropriate governance”
di From our correspondent Patrizia CaiffaA total of 660 delegates representing 173 diocesan Caritas agencies convened in Salerno to attend the 43rd national Convention that…
UK: cuts in aid to poor countries, increased military spending. CAFOD and Christian Aid criticise Government
8 March: Parr (Caritas Austria), “every day, we meet women who have to choose between heating and eating”
Council of Europe: “criminalising begging is not a solution”. Anti-Roma sentiment on the rise
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