#Victims

Turkey – Syria earthquake: Bertogli (Antakya), “Now the priority is to survive”

The Capuchin friars of Antakya and Mersin offered beds and food to survivors of the February 6 earthquake. The testimony…

Violence against women: EU Commission, EU helpline for victims. Number to call is 116 016

Ukraine: card. Krajewski about the Izyum mass grave, “war is brutal and cruel” but “I was touched at seeing those bodies exhumed with deep respect and in perfect silence”

Pakistan. Msgr. Arshad (President Bishops’ Conference): “We are responding to immediate challenges, but the post-flood emergency will be worse”

The devastating flooding of the past few days overwhelms Pakistan. SIR interviewed the President of Pakistan’s Catholic Bishops’ Conference Monsignor…

Victims of abuse. Msgr. Ghizzoni: “We ask for forgiveness, we are here to listen and support you”

The National Day of Prayer for Victims and Survivors of Abuse is being observed today, Thursday November 18, for the…

Hundreds of priests, bishops, priests and nuns killed by Covid-19. Msgr. Lozano (CELAM): “Many were infected in low-income neighbourhoods and in hospitals. They brought consolation to the poor”

How many priests have died in Latin America and the Caribbean? Several hundred for sure, and most certainly close to…

Latin America: initiatives in memory of COVID-19 victims and to celebrate Easter in the family

Another Easter Mass without the presence of the faithful, or with limited participation, in many parts of Latin America. But…

Americans pay tribute to 500 thousand victims of the pandemic. Biden: “A truly grim, heartbreaking milestone”

In the evening of 22 February, US President Joe Biden delivered a funeral eulogy from the White House Cross Hall…

United Kingdom: the country upset over the 100 thousand Covid-19 victims. Card. Nichols, “we must cry and pray for each one”

EU: every year, 75 million victims of crime. Commission working at a “strategy” that will provide equal rights regardless of the place where an offence happens

Fukushima victim to Pope Francis: “Time stopped there. The world must know what happened”

Satou Yukio comes from Ishinomaki, one of the most severely affected communities by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. He agrees,…