MISSIONS —
A refresher seminar for foreign-born pastoral workers serving in Italian dioceses was held at the Missionary Formation Centre (CUM) in…
KIDNAPPINGS —
SIR interviewed Father Tobias Chikezie Ihejirika, a confrere of Father Luigi Brenna and the first Nigerian Somascan Father. The two…
TESTIMONY —
Weeks after the tragedy of February 24, Russia is experiencing the economic impact of the war. What is really happening…
UNITED IN GIFT —
A parish priest in the Italian town of Collegno, near Turin, has transformed his disease into a preferential option for…
ORGANISED CRIME —
SIR spoke with the parish priest of the St Paul the Apostle parish church in the Italian town of Caivano,…
PRIESTS —
Pope Francis opened the International Symposium on the Priesthood with a speech that lasted almost an hour. He started from…
STATISTICS —
There were a total of 31, 793 priests in 2020 compared to 38,209 in 1990, marking a 16.5% drop in…
STATISTICS —
Data collected by the National Office for the Pastoral Care of Vocations of the Italian Bishops’ Conference confirm the declining…
CIASE REPORT —
Presentation of a shocking Report that documents cases of sexual abuse in the Church of France. An estimated 216,000 victims…
RIFLECTION —
There is little to be scandalised about: while there is need for reparation, including legal and criminal reparation, in response…
