#War

2023 WORLD YOUTH DAY. The Organising Committee’s visit to Ukraine. Young people: “Our hearts are wounded”

The visit to Ukraine of Msgr. Américo Manuel Alves Aguiar, Auxiliary Bishop of Lisbon, in charge of the Organising Committee…

Council of Europe: Pejcinovic Buric, “let us remember Srebrenica and learn from it”. Nationalism is still a threat

Moscow. Trophimov: the ‘Wagner’ rebellion was a dangerously destabilising event, but the end of Putin’s authority is nowhere in sight

It had seemed that a genuine coup attempt (which eventually failed) was under way. But it now appears to be…

Syria. Father Jallouf (new vicar of Aleppo): “Pacify the hearts of Syrians”

On July 1st, Pope Francis appointed Fr. Hanna Jallouf Apostolic Administrator of the Apostolic Vicariate of Aleppo, which extends its…

EU: Centre for the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine now operational. Von der Leyen, “we will leave no stone unturned to hold Putin and his henchmen accountable”

Ukraine: EU sends 500 power generators in response to Nova Kakhovka dam breach

Caritas Italy: increased poverty rates, growing territorial disparities and stigma against vulnerable persons

A total of 255,957 persons received assistance from diocesan and parish Caritas outreach centres and services in 2022; two-thirds of…

Council of Europe: “banning participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes in Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games”

Ecumenism: Tallinn, 30 communicators at CEC Assembly. War in Ukraine, “hate speech and revenge spreading among children”

EU Parliament: Ukraine in the EU and NATO. “New aid to Kyiv and a reconstruction plan”

Peace. Card. Zuppi: “Let’s not allow hatred to prevail”

“We don’t realise or have forgotten what it’s like to live under constant shelling, to see our parents being killed.…