Caritas Turkey: ghost towns and displaced persons are the new emergency

In this emergency situation the Turkish Bishops’ Conference has made it its mission to “intervene in places where no one…

Germany: Diocese of Passau provides personal counselling to the bereaved

Council of Europe: “Free to Create” Report, freedom of artistic expression threatened. Need for rules, protection, resources

EU Parliament: Qatargate, ambitious measures and quick progress to prevent corruption. A transparent decision-making process

Sisters of St. Dorothy in the hell of Aleppo: “Out in the streets to give consolation”

“It was raining. It was cold. They all rushed outside: old people, children, young people. We stood there four hours.…

Turkey-Syria earthquake: Aleppo,  first-hand account of Archbishop Jeanbart “it’s a miracle that I’m alive”

Speaking to SIR from Aleppo, Msgr. Jeanbart, Archbishop Emeritus of the Melkite Greek Catholics, recounts the traumatic moments of last…

Romania: Bucharest, translation of Bishops Paoli and Cisar to the crypt of the Cathedral. Mgr. Percă, “it is a gesture of mercy and gratitude. They stay close to the people they served”

War in Ukraine: Borrell (EU), “military support and more diplomatic efforts to achieve peace”. “Sanctions” against Russia “have a slow but sure effect”

War in Ukraine: Von der Leyen (EU Commission), “let us turn up the pressure” on Russia “with a tenth package of sanctions”

Pope at audience: “May Ukraine’s terrible suffering soon come to an end”

In the concluding remarks of Wednesday’s general audience devoted to apostolic zeal, Pope Francis made yet another appeal for the…

Moldova on high alert. Appeal of the Church: “Fuelling internal conflicts can be dangerous”

“The Church upholds the cause of peace and supports whatever can be done to bring peace to Moldova and Ukraine.…