#Conflicts

Germany: Catholic and Evangelical Churches call for “peace and security” on first anniversary of Hamas massacre in Israel

Conflict in Sudan. Cavalletti (Caritas), “Utter violation of humanitarian law. This is one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises”

Sudan is in the throes of a vicious civil war that broke out on 15 April 2023. A total of…

Father Abboud (Caritas Lebanon): “We fear there could be victims and destruction also within the Christian communities”

The toll from Tuesday’s Israeli air strikes in Lebanon rose to at least 558 dead and 1,835 wounded. Fifty minors,…

Mattarella: “Any attack on the press amounts to a subversive act against the Republic”

In his address to the parliamentary journalists on the occasion of the traditional ‘Fan Ceremony’, the President of the Italian…

EU Council: “Guidelines on Children and Armed Conflict”. Situation exacerbated by uprooting, violence, injury and death

6 June 2024: the 80th anniversary of the Normandy Landings.

The first German soldiers that screened the horizon in the early morning hours of 6 June 1944 from bunkers where…

80 years since the Normandy landings: “Operations that changed the course of history”

Approximately 5,000 ships, 13,000 aircraft, 2 million men, and about 3,500 soldiers killed in the first hours of the landings.…

Middle East: Borrell and Lenarcic (EU) call for immediate ceasefire in Gaza and new humanitarian aid

Sudan’s forgotten war

In today’s geopolitical landscape, overshadowed by multiple global conflicts, there is a stark distinction between those wars that make headlines…

Card. Zenari (Nuncio): “Syria has fallen out of the headlines. Forgotten by news media and by the international community”

Every day, some 500 Syrian Christians emigrate from Syria. “What hurts us most is to see Christians leaving,” says Cardinal…

Msgr. Crociata: “European Union, more decisive steps forward are needed”

The President of Comece was received in audience by Pope Francis. During the meeting, current issues were discussed: peace and…