AUDIENCE —
Pope Francis: “we pray for peace, we desire peace”
di M.Michela NicolaisPope Francis dedicated the traditional weekly general audience to joy, drawing on Evangelii gaudium. He concluded with an appeal to…
AUDIENCE —
40 DAYS OF WAR —
Israel and Hamas. Father Faltas (Vicar of the Custody): “It would be a grace if this war ended after forty days of death”
di Ibrahim Faltas*, Vicar of the Custody of the Holy LandFather Ibrahim Faltas, Vicar of the Custody of the Holy Land, comments on the situation 40 days after the outbreak…
SOLIDARITY —
EU Commission: additional €110 million in humanitarian aid to support war-stricken Ukrainians
TESTIMONY —
Gaza Strip, a doctor’s testimony: “Hospitals are becoming cemeteries”
di Daniele RocchiThe health emergency in the Gaza Strip continues to deteriorate, with most hospitals closed or their services drastically reduced. Those…
INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE —
Sweden: “Roots and Life”, a day to celebrate Jewish-Christian relationships. Events in six cities
CEI ASSEMBLY —
Card. Zuppi: “Peace is the key to all problems.” Reforms call for a “constituent spirit”
di M.Michela NicolaisIn his opening address to the Assembly of Italian Bishops in Assisi, Cardinal Zuppi highlighted the pressing global and national…
Spain: Barcelona, Sagrada Familia’s four Towers of the Evangelists lit up. Throughout the building, “clear relationship between architectural form and symbolism”
Germany: German Bishops’ Conference on abuse, “listening to those affected, supporting them and offering them protection”
STATEMENT —
Agreement between Italy and Albania: Council of Europe about disembarkation and refugees, “no legal certainties, protection of human rights at risk”
TESTIMONY —
Hamas and Israel: the peace diplomacy of the children of Jerusalem and Bethlehem
di Daniele RocchiThree times last week, schoolchildren from the Holy Land went out onto the streets of Jerusalem and Bethlehem to pray…
LAUDATE DEUM —
Lake Tefé disappears due to drought. Dom da Silva: “The cry of the water is the cry of the poor”
di Bruno Desidera*“Despite all attempts to deny, conceal, gloss over or relativise the issue, the signs of climate change are here and…
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