#Solidarity

Ukraine: EU Commission coordinates private donations. Drugs, vaccines, tents, beds and blankets on their way. Laptops required

Ukraine: Italians in the UK called to action. Prayers, found-raising and trips to bring aids. Arrigo to SIR, “donating money did not feel enough”

Ukraine: refugee children return to school in Romania. Orthodox Church sends over 50 tons of humanitarian aid

Germany: Caritas increases aid to Ukraine to €1.2 million. Preparations underway to receive refugees

Ukraine: Bulgaria’s Catholic convents open their doors to refugees. Brother Nikolov to SIR, “ready to go to the borders to take them”

People’s fundraising initiative to save the only hospital. Msgr. Barreto (Quibdó): “Emblematic of the general situation”

A desperate attempt to save the only hospital in the poverty-stricken region. The citizens of Colombia have launched a heartfelt…

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…

English Christian Churches’ initiatives leading up to Christmas

A classical music CD at the top of the charts, a video that restores the religious dimension of Christmas at…

Malta: Caritas, 800 meals to the most in need on Christmas Day. Covid prevents traditional lunch at the Curia. Friendly phone line for the lonely

Gaza Strip: the untold Calvary of the “Butterfly Children”

The “Aid to the Butterfly Children” project, (“Aiuto ai Bambini Farfalla”) promoted by the local Latin Catholic parish together with…

Holy Land: COVID-free corridors for the resumption of pilgrimages to holy shrines

A journey from Jerusalem to Bethlehem waiting for the pilgrims to return, amidst closed businesses and empty hotels, as the…