EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS —
di Maddalena Maltese, from New York
Deaths. Rubble. Trees ripped from the ground. Buildings razed. Windows, rooftops torn off, doors swept away and reduced to rubble.…
ORTHODOX CHURCH —
di M. Chiara Biagioni
Visit of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to the United States. Twelve days and a tight schedule of meetings and receptions in…
MIGRANTS —
di Bruno Desidera (*)
Acting as “gendarmes” in place of their distinguished US neighbours. Or rather, “doing the dirty work”, in exchange for aids,…
RELIGIONS —
di Domenico Delle Foglie
“We don’t look to a god for answers. We are each other’s answers.” With this statement to the Times, 44-year-old…
ENVIRONMENT —
di Maddalena Maltese
Drinking water. Parishes, Caritas and civil protection agencies and NGOs are urgently requesting drinking water. It is a basic necessity…
CORONAVIRUS —
di Maddalena Maltese
After over six months into the COVID-19 vaccination rollout, the highest rate of hesitancy was recorded among evangelical Protestant groups,…
DISCRIMINATION —
di Maddalena Maltese
The protests over the death of George Floyd were a “seminal point in the fight against racism”, said UN Human…
POLITICS —
di Sarah Numico
The in-person summit in Geneva ended with two separate press conferences after frank -yet tense- talks. No lunch or dinner…
SUMMIT —
di M. Chiara Biagioni
The World Council of Churches (WCC) addressed an open letter to the leaders of the United States and Russia on…
CRISIS —
di Maddalena Maltese, from New York
A minimum wage of under $10 an hour doesn’t cover US households rental, which keeps increasing every year along with…
DEREK CHAUVIN GUILTY VERDICT —
di Maddalena Maltese
The verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of the murder of George Floyd,…
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS —
di Daniele Rocchi
The US and NATO will withdraw their troops from Afghanistan by 11 September 2021. The account from Kabul of Barnabite…