Council of Europe: call on Lithuania. “Do not push back people in need of international protection”. Human rights violations

Synod: a European map of the “listening” stage. Syntheses of the Bishops’ Conferences expected to be sent to Rome by August 15th now published or being prepared

Lithuania: military Exercise Strong Shield 2022 gets the go ahead, while Moscow questions the independence of the Baltic Republic

Lithuania: Bishops’ Conference, organ donation should be possible only by “conscious decision”. No to presumed consent

Lithuania: Bishops call for prayers for peace in Ukraine and Europe. “Tension has not eased”

Lithuania: Synod, online materials and documents. The stages of the Path in the Baltic country

Caritas delegation at the Belarus-Polish border with Christmas gifts and sweets for migrant children

A Caritas Belarus and Grodno Diocesan Caritas delegation returned to the logistics centre for migrants, located on the border crossing…

Lithuania: Bishops’ letter to the faithful, “God can be found in the people at our doors”. Prayers for soldiers and migrants

Msgr. Grušas (CCEE): “Migrants used as human shields. This is a hybrid attack on border integrity”

“They are not just migrants and refugees. They are persons used instrumentally by a governing regime. Trafficked for political purposes…

Lithuania: in Vilnius, card. Parolin will ordain mgr. Kulbokas, new nuncio to Ukraine, bishop

Lithuania: increasing inflow of migrants through the border with Belarus. NGOs in place, the EU sending aids